In this book Yehuda Bauer, an internationally acclaimed Holocaust historian recounts the destruction of the shtetls, small Jewish townships in what was theeastern 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 Bauer brings together all available documents, testimonies, and scholarship, including previously unpublished material from the Yad Vashem archives, pertaining to nine representativeshtetls. In line with his belief that ‘history is the story of real people inreal situations’, Bauer tells moving stories about what happened to individual Jews and their communities.
- ISBN: 978-0-300-15209-8
- Editorial: Yale University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés