There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok by Yaffa

Description: There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok by Yaffa Eliach This monumental work—in which the creator of the Tower of Life at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the 900-year history of an Eastern European shtetl destroyed by the Nazis in 1941—is a singularly magnificent re-creation of a vanished place, people, and culture. 430 photos. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For 900 years the Polish shtetl was a home to generations of Jewish families. In 1944 almost every Jew was murdered and with them died a way of life that had survived for centuries. Yaffa Eliach has written a landmark history of the shtetl. Author Biography Along with Jacqueline Onassis, Eliach was named one of CBS TVs Women of the Year in 1994. She has also been profiled in People, Vogue, USA Today and The Washington Post. Kirkus US Review A monumental recreation of a lost world. Eliach (Judaic Studies/Brooklyn College) is best known for the 1,500 photographs that make up the "Tower of Life" she created for permanent display at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Nearly 20 years ago, she experienced an epiphany while flying over Vilna during her tour of the "Holocaust Kingdom" of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Warsaw. Somewhere below her were the remains of the Polish shtetl where she began her life, one of the oldest Jewish settlements in Eastern Europe. That sudden realization led to a vow to reconstruct - as far as possible - the life of that unique yet representative place. Eliach calls Eishyshok a "paradigm" of the European shtetl. Seventeen years later, the final product of that vow is an exhaustively - yet lovingly - detailed chronicle of Eishyshok, that "small town with big-city aspirations." Failing to find the proper documentation and records in official archives, she turned to oral history, private collections, family, and friends. The result is a painfully personal microhistory. This is a monument to a living, thriving community, not a memorial to death and destruction. Accordingly, humanitys foibles and fantasies are recorded with equal vigor. The people of Eishyshok "were complicated, contradictory, multifaceted, and fascinating, true representatives of the family of man in all its complexity." Founded in the middle of the 11th century, the town soon had a significant Jewish population. Under the successive domination of Lithuanians, Poles, Germans, Russians, and Soviets, it managed to survive even the Second World War; its Jews did not. Giving voice to those who suffered unspeakable loss, this unique document contains a glossary, demographics (birth, marriage, divorce, death certificates), and 430 b&w illustrations. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description Two million visitors a year enter the US Holocaust Museum, where 1600 photographs from the shtetl of Eishyshok constitute what many consider to be the most moving exhibit in the museum - The Tower of Life. In this soaring, three-storey space we see the people of Eishyshok at their weddings and bar mitzvahs, their social clubs and literary gatherings, their winter sports and summer camps. Now Professor Yaffa Eliach, whose haunting collection of photographs gave faces to a murdered people, has written their history. Eliachs nine century saga of East European Jewish life is richer and fuller than any other written. Her research took her from family attics on six continents to State Archives no scholar had seen since the start of The Cold War. Eliachs own roots in Eishyshok, as a descendant of one of the five founding families and herself one of only 29 survivors of the Nazi massacre of the 3,500 inhabitants of the shtetl gives this book its depth and passion. Review Quote ...heartbreaking and gripping - NY Times Details ISBN0316232394 Author Yaffa Eliach Short Title THERE ONCE WAS A WORLD Pages 864 Publisher Back Bay Books Language English ISBN-10 0316232394 ISBN-13 9780316232395 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 947.93 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-10-31 Imprint Little, Brown & Company Subtitle 900-year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits Residence NY, US DOI 10.1604/9780316232395 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1999-10-06 NZ Release Date 2001-01-03 AU Release Date 2001-01-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7098335;

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