| The Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania - Translation and Update Contributor(s): Alpert, Joel (Editor), Poran, Zevulun (Author), Jivotovsky, Fania Hilelson (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0974126209 ISBN-13: 9780974126203 Publisher: Jewishgen.Inc OUR PRICE: $55.76 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2003108677 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.56" (2.72 lbs) 740 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the complete English Translation and Update of The Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania, originally published in 1991 in Hebrew and Yiddish. The original book, written by survivors and emigres, provides a vivid portrait of Jewish village life in Lithuania as it existed before the Shoah. The book memorializes the richness and depth of the community - its people and its institutions depicting the fabric of history from which Litvaks are descended. All original photos and illustrations are included. More than 150 pages of new photographs and articles have been added in a new appendix. They were collected from Yurburg families from all over the world as a result of numerous Internet communications. The new material includes: recently discovered poignant letters and photographs sent from Yurburg to Mexico shortly before the Nazi invasion in June 1941, an honest and thorough account of the murders in Yurburg by a Lithuanian university student in her bachelor's thesis, impressions and photographs from a trip to Yurburg and nearby Sudarg in 2001, the official 1907 map of property plots and the list of plot owners and a list of over 300 identifiable headstones in the Yurburg Jewish cemetery in 1995. The book is hardcover with 740 pages, containing all the photographs and images from the original book plus over 200 photographs including new photos collected from all over the world from Yurburgers and from a trip taken to the town in 2001. List price: $88.00 Published by Assistance to Lithuanian Jews, Inc., New York, NY. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alpert, Joel: - Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print project of Yizkor Books at JewishGen.org Editor of the English translation and new appendix.Poran, Zevulun: - Israeli educator. Former resident of Yurburg, Lithuania Deceased. |
