Warsaw Ghetto Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive bookcover

Warsaw Ghetto Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive

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Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. Members of the secret Oyneg Shabes organization gathered thousands of testimonies from natives of Warsaw and refugees from hundreds of other localities, creating a documentary record of the wartime fate of Polish Jewry. Now housed in the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, the archive comprises some 35,000 pages, including documents, materials from the underground press, photographs, memoirs, belles lettres, and much more. This first comprehensive description of its contents is meticulously indexed to facilitate location of documents and information. By aiding access to this unique archival treasure, the catalog and guide advance study of the daily lives, struggles, and sufferings of Polish Jews at a crucial time and place in the history of the Holocaust.

Product Details

PublisherIndiana University Press
Publish DateJanuary 11, 2010
Pages568
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9780253353276
Dimensions11.3 X 8.6 X 1.5 inches | 4.2 pounds

Reviews

"[This] is an altogether remarkable testimony."--Hadassah Magazine, May 2010

"The Oyneg Shabes Archive is perhaps the most important collection of original material compiled by Jews during the Holocaust. . . . Conscious of the momentous times in which they lived and of the deadly peril facing the Jews of Europe, [participants in the project] were determined to chronicle all aspects of life in the ghetto to serve as a record for the future."--Antony Polonsky, editor of Polin

"By aiding access to this unique archival treasure, the catalog and guide advance study of the daily lives, struggles and sufferings of Polish Jews at a crucial time and place in the history of the Holocaust. April 16, 2010"--Heritage Florida Jewish News

"[T]his is an important work that should be of great assistance to scholars. Fall 2010"--Jewish Book World

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