Hasidic tales of the Holocaust / [compiled by] Yaffa Eliach.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1982.

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258).

One: Ancestors and faith -- Hovering above the pit -- The Son of the Shohet of Medzhibozh -- The kiss -- The Halatl of Rabbi Baruch of Medzhibozh -- The first Hanukkah light in Bergen Belsen -- Seder night in Bergen Belsen: "tonight we have only Matzah" -- The Berlin-Bucharest express -- The vision of the red stars -- Honor thy mother -- A mother's heart -- God is everywhere ... but ... -- The amulet of the Belzer Rabbi -- Fine generations -- The little slave girl from the toy factory -- The Generals -- A shofar in a coffee cauldron -- "Avremele, you are going to Siberia!" -- The Zanzer Kiddush goblet -- No time for advice -- "The Messiah is already here!" -- "Jew, go back to the grave!" -- "God's messenger, the grandson of the Pnei Yehoshua -- "If you will grow hair on the palm of your hand" -- The miracle of a doorless back wall -- Mothers -- Number 145053 -- Save this one grandchild -- A pail of potato peels and two halberstams -- A brother's Tefillin (I) -- The rain (II) -- A Passover melody (III) -- A natural victory: Churchill and the Rabbi of Gur -- The Rebbetzin of Gur: two passports -- The Shofar of the Rabbi of Radorzytz -- The keepers of the Holy Temple -- The Kasztner transport and a zionest leader's dream -- A Holy Book -- The yellow bird -- A bowl of soup -- The "blessing" of the Munkacser Rebbe -- Who will win this war? -- Two Friendship -- Good morning, Herr Müller -- Two capsules of Cyanide (I) -- On the waiting bench at the gallows (II) -- A sip of coffee -- For the sake of friendship -- Under the blue skies of Tel Aviv -- "What I learned at my father's home" -- "The world needs you" -- The Yeshiva student -- Stars.

The mosaic artist's apprentice -- A girl called Estherke -- In the image of God -- The merit of a young priest -- Three. The spirit alone -- Circumcision -- Slain with hunger -- Even the transgressors in Israel -- The last request -- The ritual bath -- Death of a beloved son -- Satan's altar -- The grandson of the Arugat Ha-Bosem -- "He hath delivered me out of all trouble" -- No longer husband and wife -- A prayer and a dream -- The third Sabbath meal at Mauthausen -- A hill in Bergen Belsen -- A Father's blessing -- A sign from Heaven -- A Bobov melody -- Rudolf Haas is human! -- A miracle in a potato field -- Four: At the gates of freedom -- The plague of blood -- "I envy you" -- "Pray for us!" -- A Kvitl on the Frankfurter's grave -- The grip of the Holy letters -- Puff ... -- To marry a baker -- The road to mother -- "The happiest day of my life" -- Hans and I at the Rema's grave -- "God does not live here anymore" -- Two funerals -- The telephone operator -- Tipping the scales of justice -- Grandfather Avrumche Backenroth's table -- Rejoining the human race.