The Heavens Are Empty: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod
In the 19th century, nearly five million Jews lived in the Pale of Settlement. Most lived in shtetls-Jewish communities connected to larger towns-images of which are ingrained in popular imagination as the shtetl Anatevka from Fiddler on the Roof. Brimming with life and tradition, family and faith, these shtetls existed in the shadow of their town's oppressive anti-Jewish laws. Not Trochenbrod.Trochenbrod was the only freestanding, fully realized Jewish town in history. It began with a few Jewish settlers searching for freedom from the Russian Czars' oppressive policies, which included the forced conscriptions of one son from each Jewish fami…
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Weitere Autoren: Foer, Jonathan Safran (Ausw.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60598-291-5
- EAN: 9781605982915
- Produktnummer: 29677873
- Verlag: Pegasus Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.3 cm 249 g
- Gewicht: 249
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Avrom Bendavid-Val's father grew up in Trochenbrod and regaled him with tales of his childhood there. Avrom specialized in economic development and has traveled the world with the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He retired in 2007 and lives in Washington, DC.
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