Shtetl

Shtetl
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Publisher : Public Affairs
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781586485245
ISBN-13 : 1586485245
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Book Synopsis Shtetl by : Eva Hoffman

Download or read book Shtetl written by Eva Hoffman and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shtetl (Yiddish for "small town"), critically-acclaimed author Eva Hoffman brings the lost world of Eastern European Jews back to vivid life, depicting its complex institutions and vibrant culture, its beliefs, social distinctions, and customs. Through the small town of Braƒsk, she looks at the fascinating experiments in multicultural coexistence--still relevant to us today-- attempted in the eight centuries of Polish-Jewish history, and describes the forces which influenced Christian villagers' decisions to conceal or betray their Jewish neighbors in the dark period of the Holocaust.


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