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The family : three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century
Preferred Shelf Number:
929.209 LAS
Title:
The family : three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century
Author:
Laskin, David, 1953-
ISBN:
9780670025473
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Contents:
Volozhin -- The move to Rakov -- The making of a revolutionary -- The boys -- Lower East Side -- The birth of a business -- Socialist in a black satin dress -- First World War -- Pioneers -- The Depression -- "We will be glad to take you back" -- In love in the land -- Return to Rakov -- "The world of tomorrow" -- Second World War -- Under the big ones -- "They snatch whole street" -- "Aktion" -- Vilna Ghetto -- Yom Kippur, 1941 -- Wonder girl -- Breakdowns -- Despairing people -- Klooga -- Postwar.
Language:
English
Format:
Books