Life in the Ghettos During the Holocaust - During the Holocaust

Klappentext Unlike many Holocaust books, which deal primarily with the concentration camps, this book focuses on Jewish life before Jews lost their autonomy and fell totally under Nazi power. These essays concern various aspects of Jewish daily life and governance, such as the Judenrat, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, religious life, housing, death, smuggling, art, and the struggle for survival while under siege by the Nazi regime. Written by survivors of the ghettos throughout Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, this collection contains historical and cultural articles by prominent scholars, an essay on Holocaust theatre, and an article on teaching the Holocaust to students. Zusammenfassung Unlike many Holocaust books! which deal primarily with the concentration camps! this book focuses on Jewish life before Jews lost their autonomy and fell totally under Nazi power. These essays concern various aspects of Jewish daily life and governance.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Sterling, Eric J. Sterling, Eric J./ Roth Sterling
• Assisted by: Eric J Sterling (Editor), Eric J. Sterling (Editor)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2005
• EAN: 9780815608035
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0803-5
• No. of pages: 398
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Religion, Theology, and the Ho; Religion, Theology and the Holocaust; Religion, Theology, and the Ho; Religion, Theology and the Hol
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)