In the Shadow of the Shtetl Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine

Name: In the Shadow of the Shtetl Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine
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ISBN: 9780253011510

ISBN-10: 0253011515

ISBN-13: 9780253011510

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jeffrey Veidlinger

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The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some 400 returnees in Ukraine provide the basis for Jeffrey Veidlinger’s reappraisal of the traditional narrative of 20th-century Jewish history. These elderly Yiddish speakers relate their memories of Jewish life in the prewar shtetl, their stories of survival during the Holocaust, and their experiences living as Jews under Communism. Despite Stalinist repressions, the Holocaust, and official antisemitism, their individual remembrances of family life,…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Introduction


Note on Translation



The Shtetl: A Historical Landscape



The Scars of Revolution



Social Structure of the Soviet Shtetl



Growing Up in Yiddish



The Sanctuary of the Synagogue



Religion of the Home: Food and Faith



Life and Death in Reichkommissariat Ukraine



Life Beyond the River: Transnistria



A Kind of Victory


Conclusion


Brief Biographies


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Index