Poland - History, Jewish History - Eastern Europe, Holocaust - General & Miscellaneous, Holocaust - Study & Teaching

From a Ruined Garden

Name: From a Ruined Garden
Author: Jack Kugelmass
ISBN: 9780805238679

by Jack Kugelmass, Jonathan Boyarin

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Overview

In the years after World War II, Polish Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who had made their way to the Americas and Israel compiled memorial books to preserve the memory of their destroyed communities. FROM A RUINED GARDEN gathers some 77 sections from the nearly 1,000 memorial books published. The texts describe daily life in the shtetl as well as everyday life during the Holocaust and the experiences of returning survivors. 26 photos.

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Geoffrey Hartmann

An indispensable sourcebook...Emphasis falls on the variegated, often joyful, culture of the Polish Jews, on what existed before the garden was ruined. -- Geoffrey Hartmann, The New Republic