Language:
German
Pages:
25 pages (single space) :
,
typescript (carbon copy).
Year of publication:
1962
Former Title:
Slonim 1916-1917.
Keywords:
Jews
;
World War, 1914-1918.
;
Slonim (Belarus)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Describes his experiences as a "Landsturmmann" in Belarus, concentrating on a period of two and a half months working in the municipal government of Slonim:
Abstract:
Delighted about bed with linen, etc. Assistant to “Hauptmann”. Helping with budget. Gets money for indebted “Chewra”. Slonim, according to census, has a population of 11,899 persons, of which 10,450 are Jews. There are a movie theater; two “Konditoreien”; a Russian, a Polish and eight Jewish schools; one municipal and one Jewish hospital; four Jewish cemeteries. Frequent transmission of epidemics (typhus, spotted fever) due to poverty. Founding of soup kitchen; disinfection; sewing roo to repair clothes. Transport of people to have them work in the woods is seen as slavery. Surprising dismissal of Block without explanation.
Abstract:
Also included are 3 picture postcards of Slonim and a Chanukah celebration in Baranowitschi.
Note:
Available on microfilm
URL:
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