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The enemy at his pleasure : a journey through the Jewish pale of settlement during World War I / S. Ansky ; edited and translated by Joachim Neugroschel.

Van Pelt Library DS135.P6 A63 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
An-Ski, S., 1863-1920.
Contributor:
Neugroschel, Joachim.
Language:
English
Yiddish
Subjects (All):
Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
Jews.
Jews--Persecutions.
Poland.
Jews--Persecutions--Russia.
Russia.
World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Poland.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Russia.
Poland--Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Russia--Ethnic relations.
An-Ski, S., 1863-1920.
An-Ski, S.
Physical Description:
xvii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., [2002]
Summary:
Finally available in English, the great Yiddish writerUs account of a neglected time and place. In daily accounts, Ansky details his struggles: to raise funds; to lobby and bribe at the tsarUs court; to procure and transport food, medicine, and money to the ravaged Jewish towns. This story is at once powerful and poignant, a rare and invaluable addition to the historical record.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
080505944X
OCLC:
50243134

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