The death of the shtetl / / Yehuda Bauer

• Autore: Bauer Yehuda
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, [Connecticut] ; ; London, [England] : , : Yale University Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.892/404709041
• Soggetto topico: Shtetls; Jews - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Jews - Europe, Eastern - Social conditions - 20th century; Jews - Europe, Eastern - Politics and government - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations History 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- One. Background -- Two. The Thirties -- Three. The Soviet Occupation -- Four. The Holocaust in the Kresy -- Five. The Shtetl Community and Its Leadership, 1941-1943 -- Six. The Neighbors -- Seven. Rebels and Partisans -- Eight. The Death of the Shtetl -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Yehuda Bauer, an internationally acclaimed Holocaust historian, describes the destruction of small Jewish townships, the shtetls, in what was the eastern part of Poland by the Nazis in 1941-1942. Bauer brings together all available documents, testimonies, and scholarship, including previously unpublished material from the Yad Vashem archives, pertaining to nine representative shtetls. In line with his belief that "history is the story of real people in real situations," Bauer tells moving stories about what happened to individual Jews and their communities. Over a million people, approximately a quarter of all victims of the Holocaust, came from the shtetls. Bauer writes of the relations between Jews and non-Jews (including the actions of rescuers); he also describes attempts to create underground resistance groups, efforts to escape to the forests, and Jewish participation in the Soviet partisan movement. Bauer's book is a definitive examination of the demise of the shtetls, a topic of vast importance to the history of the Holocaust.
• Titolo autorizzato: The death of the shtetl
• ISBN: 0-300-15488-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792206303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II