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Piety and perseverance : Jews from the Carpathian Mountains
- Title
- Piety and perseverance : Jews from the Carpathian Mountains / by Herman Dicker ; foreword by Elie Wiesel.
- Author
- Dicker, Herman, 1914-1997
- Publication
- New York : Sepher-Hermon Press, [1981]
- ©1981
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS135.R93 Z273 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016
- Description
- xviii, 226 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The first book in English to deal with the Carpathian Jewish communities in a systematic fashion, the author traces their historical developments and describes their political, social and economic conditions, their institutions, movements and personalities. He follows the paths of survivors as they rebuild their lives and institutions in the United States."--Book Jacket.
- Subject
- 1939-1945
- Jews > Ukraine > Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ > History
- Jews > Romania > Sighetu Marmației > History
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Ukraine > Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Romania > Sighetu Marmației
- Hasidism > Ukraine > Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ
- Hasidism > Romania > Sighetu Marmației
- Ethnic relations
- Hasidism
- Jews
- Carpathian Mountains > Jewish history
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Ukraine > Zakarpats'ka
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Romania > Maramureş
- Joden
- Jews > Ukraine > History
- Jews > Romania > History
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Ukraine
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Romania
- Hasidism > Ukraine
- Hasidism > Romania
- Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) > Ethnic relations
- Sighetu Marmației (Romania) > Ethnic relations
- Romania > Sighetu Marmației
- Ukraine > Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ
- Ukraine, Zakarpatti︠a︡ > Jewish history
- Romania, Maramureş > Jewish history
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 211-216.
- Contents
- Hungarian Jews from the 18th century to World War I -- World War I to World War II (1914-1939) -- The Holocaust -- From concentration camps to displaced persons camps -- In the United States -- Herzl (Herman) Apsan -- Hirsch Leib Gottlieb -- Rabbi Israel Hager -- Gizella Perl -- Max Wohlberg -- Hasidic melodies -- Appendix -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0872030946
- 9780872030947
- LCCN
- 80054595
- OCLC
- ocm07551770
- 7551770
- SCSB-33483
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library