ISBN:
0393026744
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 333 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
1. ed.
Year of publication:
1989
DDC:
947/.5
Keywords:
Dawidowicz, Lucy S Travel
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Dawidowicz, Lucy S.
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Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
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Geschichte 1938-1939
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Joden
;
Juden
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Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
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Holocaust survivors
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jews
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World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Jewish
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Yiddish language
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Juden
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Vilnius (Lithuania) Ethnic relations
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Vilnius
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Autobiografie 1938-1947
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Erlebnisbericht
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Erlebnisbericht
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Autobiografie 1938-1947
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Vilnius
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1938-1939
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Dawidowicz, Lucy S. 1915-1990
Abstract:
A noted historian writes her memoirs which Depict the destruction of European Yiddish culture during world war II. the author describes the cultural life she knew in Vilna as she studied at Vilna scientific Institute..
Abstract:
She describes her encounters with the Jewish community already feeling the rising wave of anti-Semitism which would ultimately lead to its destruction. Dawidowicz fled Poland less than 7 days prior to the arrival of German troops..
Abstract:
She describes her observances of the European situation from New York (1940-1945) through her work at Yivo, and concludes with her efforts at saving the few remnants of Jewish culture left in Vilna after the war
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