There Once Was a World A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok |
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Author:
| Eliach, Yaffa |
ISBN: | 978-0-316-23239-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
Publisher: | Little Brown & Company
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Imprint: | Back Bay Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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For 900 years the Polish shtetl was a home to generations of Jewish families. In 1944 almost every Jew was murdered and with them died a way of life that had survived for centuries. Yaffa Eliach has written a landmark history of the shtetl.
For 900 years the Polish shtetl was a home to generations of Jewish families. In 1944 almost every Jew was murdered and with them died a way of life that had survived for centuries. Yaffa Eliach has written a landmark history of the shtetl.