""A precious record of Jewish life under Nazi rule." -- New York Review of Books"Not only the material for history; it is history itself, agonizingly, triumphantly alive." -- Saturday ReviewWarsaw resident Chaim Kaplan's journal begins on September 1, 1939, the day the Nazi blitzkrieg stunned the world -- the Jews of Poland most of all. It ends in August ..."
"Smuggled out of the ghetto and carefully preserved in a kerosene can on a farm outside Warsaw, Chaim Kaplan's diary, originally recorded in beautiful, disciplined Hebrew script, is a detailed eyewitness report of the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and a unique account of the destruction of the Jewish communities of Poland. Scroll of Agony begins on September 1, 1939, as the author, a respected educator, describes the Nazi blitzkrieg that stu ..."