The Death of the Shtetl

by Yehuda Bauer

• ISBN13: 9780300152098
• ISBN10: 0300152094
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this book, Yehuda Bauer, an internationally acclaimed Holocaust historian, describes the destruction of small Jewish townships, theshtetls,in what was the eastern part of Poland by the Nazis in 19411942. Bauer brings together all available documents, testimonies, and scholarship, including previously unpublished material from the Yad Vashem archives, pertaining to nine representativeshtetls.In line with his belief that "history is the story of real people in real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 theshtetls,a topic of vast importance to the history of the Holocaust.

Author Biography

Yehuda Bauer is academic adviser at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, and professor emeritus of Holocaust studies, Hebrew University. He is the author of many books, including Rethinking the Holocaust, published by Yale University Press. He lives in Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Maps	p. ix
Background	p. 1
The Thirties	p. 13
The Soviet Occupation	p. 32
The Holocaust in the Kresy	p. 56
The Shtetl Community and Its Leadership, 1941-1943	p. 73
The Neighbors	p. 92
Rebels and Partisans	p. 121
The Death of the Shtetl	p. 152
Notes	p. 171
Works Cited	p. 195
Index	p. 199
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