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On the edge of destruction : Jews of Poland between the two World Wars / Celia S. Heller ; foreword by Nathan Glazer.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS135.P6 H34 1994

Overview

Summary: The Holocaust virtually destroyed the Jews of Poland, once a community of more than three million, constituting ten percent of the population, and the oldest continuous Jewish community in a European country. On the Edge of Destruction looks at the rich and complex nature of that community and the tremendous pressures under which it lived before the tragic end.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Heller, Celia Stopnicka.
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1994]
©1994
Locale: Poland
Other Authors/Editors: Mazal Holocaust Collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-370) and index.

Physical Details

Language: English
External Link: Table of contents
ISBN: 0814324940
9780814324943
Physical Description: xvi, 383 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Jews--Poland--Social conditions. Antisemitism--Poland. Poland--History--1918-1945. Poland--Ethnic relations. Antisemitism. Ethnic relations. Jews. Jews--Social conditions. Poland.

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