"Rutka Laskier, a 14-year-old Jewish girl in the town of Bedzin in Poland, died in Auschwitz in 1943. But she left behind a notebook in which she recorded her thoughts, fears and dreams. Some are the musings of any adolescent girl; others are the despairing cries of an individual caught in history's vortex. Now, after 60 years in the keeping of a friend, that notebook has been recovered - and it opens a unique, moving window into the eve ..."
Into That Dark Night Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939 (annotated edition) by YadVashem, Drew University Cd, 100 Pages, Published 2003 by University North Carolina Pr Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-6505-7, ISBN: 0-8078-6505-2
"More information and sample text and photos available on the companion web sitehttp://www.nyupress.org/jewishlife Winner of the 2001-2002 National Jewish Book Award, Reference Winner, Best Reference Resource, 2001, Library Journal Winner, Editor's Choice Award, Reference, 2001, Booklist Winner, Best Reference Book, 2001, Association of Jewish Libraries New York University Press announces with pride the publication of a remarkable projec ..."
"An organized community existed from 1655 and developed with the coming of
the railroad, reaching a pop. of 1,057 in 1897 (total 2,426). About a quarter of the
J. pop. were Karlin-Stolin Hasidim. The Zionists were active from the late 1 9th
cent. A Hebrew religious school and library existed. The Germans arrived on 8
July 1941 and instituted forced labor, extortion, and property confiscations. A
ghetto was set up on 1 April 1942, cr ..."
"A man of towering intellectual accomplishment and extraordinary tenacity, Emmanuel Ringelblum devoted his life to recording the fate of his people at the hands of the Germans. Convinced that he must remain in the Warsaw Ghetto to complete his work, and rejecting an invitation to flee to refuge on the Aryan side, Ringelbaum, his wife, and their son were eventually betrayed to the Germans and killed. This book represents Ringelbaum's atte ..."
"The book is a collection of real stories written by real people whose lives have been touched by war. Authors include His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, The British Prime Minister The Rt Hon David Cameron MP and Terry Waite CBE alongside veterans from World War II, Afghanistan, Pakistan and families and individuals who have been affected by various wars and conflicts. Organisations that have ..."
"His book Zikhron Yerushalayim discusses questions of religion and faith in the
light of European assimilation. In the field of traditional education, he encouraged
the establishment of the community's first reformed heder. Following him in office
were R. David Papo, R. Yehuda David Kimhi, and R. Hizkiyahu Shabbetai, who
officiated until 1 908 and was the last appointed by Constantinople. With the
increasing influence of Italy in T. ..."
"Encyclopedia of the Holocaust is a comprehensive, authoritative one-volume reference that provides reliable information on this ignoble and frightening episode of modern history. It features eight essays on the history of the Holocaust and its antecedents, as well as coverage of such topics as the history of European Jewry, Jewish contributions to European culture, and the rise of anti-semitism and Nazism.The essays are followed by more ..."
"Klara Rosenfeld was born in 1924 in Lwow, Poland. This book chronicles her experiences of life under the Soviets, the German occupation, life in the ghetto, her rescue by an Italian soldier and her escape to a convent in Italy. After the war Klara was located by the Jewish Brigades and united with other Jewish survivors in a 'kibbutz' in Parma. In 1946 she joined more than a thousand survivors on the ship Antzo Sireney, bound for Palest ..."
"One of the most important and sensitive issues in Holocaust research is the topic of rescue attempts during the period of the rise of Nazism and the Hitler period. Articles include the rescue attempts, the missed opportunities, and the deeds of the rescuers, rescued, bystanders, and those who hindered the attempts"