In search of Polin
| Titel: | In search of Polin : chasing Jewish ghosts in today's Poland / Gary S. Schiff |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | New York [u.a.] : Lang, 2012 |
| Umfang: | XXI, 286 S. : Ill., Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Washington College studies in religion, politics, and culture ; 2 |
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| ISBN: | 9781433113864 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- List of Illustrations
- p. ix
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- A Note on Translation and Transliteration
- p. xv
- Maps
- p. xvii
- Introduction: My Journey
- p. 1
- Chapter 1
- Setting the Scene: Who Were the Jews of Modern Poland?
- p. 9
- Chapter 2
- Refuge and Opportunity: The Rise of the Jewish Community of Poland
- p. 29
- Chapter 3
- Cracow and Lublin, Auschwitz and Majdanek: Medieval Heights and Modern Depths
- p. 57
- Chapter 4
- From Deluge to Partition: The Decline of Polish Jewry
- p. 89
- Chapter 5
- The Jews in Partitioned Poland, 1795-World War I: Divergent Development
- p. 106
- Chapter 6
- Lodz: 19 th Century Boom, 20 th Century Bust
- p. 128
- Chapter 7
- Hometown Homecoming: From Ostroveh to Treblinka
- p. 145
- Chapter 8
- Warsaw: Capital Catastrophe
- p. 185
- Concluding Thoughts. Polin: Whither or Wither?
- p. 222
- Notes
- p. 235
- Bibliography
- p. 261
- Index
- p. 269
