The Sephardim in the Holocaust - A Forgotten People

Documents the first-hand experiences in the Holocaust of the Sephardim from Greece, the Balkans, North Africa, Libya, Cos, and Rhodes

About the author

Isaac Jack Lévy (1928-2020) was distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish language and literature at University of South Carolina. He is author of And the World Stood Silent: Sephardic Poetry of the Holocaust and coauthor, with Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt, of Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick.

Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt is retired from Agnes Scott College where she was dean of the college and professor of anthropology. She is author of Franz Boas: The Emergence of the Anthropologist.

Summary

Documents the first-hand experiences in the Holocaust of the Sephardim from Greece, the Balkans, North Africa, Libya, Cos, and Rhodes. The book embraces the Sephardim of all the countries shattered by the Holocaust and pays tribute to the memory of the more than 160,000 Sephardim who perished.

Product details

• Authors: Isaac Jack Levy, Isaac Jack Lévy, Rosemary L. Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780817359843
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5984-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 226 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Jews and Judaism: History and; Jews and Judaism: History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous