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

Yaffa Eliach
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Traces the history of the Jewish community in Eisiskes, Lithuania, describes its social life and customs, and puts a human face on one of the many villages destroyed by the Nazis
Genres: HistoryHolocaustJewishJudaismNonfictionJudaicaWorld War IIPolandWar
818 Pages

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