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Jews in the Former Grand Duchy of Lithuania Since 1772
ChaeRan Y. Freeze, Šarūnas Liekis and Antony Polonsky
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"This volume of Polin, based on scholarship that has emerged since the fall of communism, is a wide-ranging contribution to the complex history of the Jews in Lithuania. Focusing on the specific character of Lithuanian Jewry, the volume opens by examining how their relationship with the surrounding society developed after 1772, both under tsarist rule and then in independent Lithuania. Moving to more recent times, the devastating impact on the Jewish community of the Soviet and Nazi occupations during the Second World War is discussed, as are the further negative consequences on Jewish life of the reoccupation of the country by the Soviets between 1944 and 1990. The volume concludes with material on the slow revival of Jewish life since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the re-emergence of an independent Lithuania, which was accompanied by the revival of many disciplines, such as the study of Jewish history, repressed by Soviet censorship. This revived interest in the country's Jewish past is now playing a key role in the broader transformation of historical memory of the post-Soviet era and the problem of coming to terms with the widespread local collaboration in Lithuania during the Holocaust -- a process which has led to important scholarly advances but also to bitter controversy. Collectively, the studies in this volume contribute to a better understanding of the complex history of the Jews in Lithuania and of Lithuanian-Jewish relations and constitute a part of the necessary process of creating a more rounded and inclusive history of the country."--Provided by publisher.
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Frontmatter
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Note on Place Names (page xv)
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Note on Transliteration (page xvii)
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PART I: JEWS IN THE FORMER GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA SINCE 1772
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Introduction (ŠARŪNAS LIEKIS AND ANTONY POLONSKY, page 3)
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Lithuanian Jewry and the Concept of 'East European Jewry' (MORDECHAI ZALKIN, page 57)
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Economic Relations between Jewish Traders and Christian Farmers in the Nineteenth-Century Lithuanian Provinces (AELITA AMBRULEVIČIŪTĖ, page 71)
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The War of Lyady Succession: R. Aaron Halevi versus R. Dov Baer (IMMANUEL ETKES, page 93)
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Lithuanian Antisemitism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (DARIUS STALIŪNAS, page 135)
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'I Have Chosen the Belarusian Word...': On the Life and Creative Career of Zmitrok Byadulya (ANDREY KROTAU, page 151)
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Authentic and National: Some Lithuanian-Jewish Correlations in the Search for 'Folk Culture' in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (LARISA LEMPERTIENĖ, page 165)
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Jewish Prayer Halls and Synagogues in Vilna, 1914-1920 (AUŠRA PAŽĖRAITĖ, page 183)
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Walking a Thin Line: The Successes and Failures of Socialist Zionism in Lithuania (EGLĖ BENDIKAITĖ, page 207)
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Jewish Converts in Independent Lithuania, 1918-1940: An Attempt at a Case Analysis (SAULIS KAUBRYS, page 229)
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'A Close, but Very Suspicious and Dangerous Neighbour': Outbreaks of Antisemitism in Inter-War Lithuania (VLADAS SIRUTAVIČIUS, page 245)
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The Bund in Vilna, 1918-1939 (JACK JACOBS, page 263)
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The Lithuanian-Language Jewish Periodicals Mūsų garsas (1924-1925) and Apžvalga (1935-1940): A Sociolinguistic Evolution (ANNA VERSCHIK, page 293)
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'Listen, the Jews are Ruling Us Now': Antisemitism and National Conflict during the First Soviet Occupation of Lithuania, 1940-1941 (SAULIUS SUŽIEDĖLIS, page 305)
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Soviet Resistance and Jewish Partisans in Lithuania (ŠARŪNAS LIEKIS, page 331)
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The Vilnius and Kaunas Ghettos and the Fate of Lithuanian Jewry, 1941-1945 (THEODORE R. WEEKS, page 357)
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'To Transform Ourselves': Lithuania Looks at the Holocaust (ELLEN CASSEDY, page 379)
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The Problem of Jewish National Symbols in Vilnius (DAVID E. FISHMAN, page 395)
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Some Remarks on the History of the New Lithuanian Jewish Community: The Road Travelled in Establishing a Litvak Identity (VYTAUTAS TOLEIKIS, page 405)
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The Recent Works of Grigory Kanovich (ANNA P. RONELL, page 417)
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The Dream of a Vanished Jerusalem (GRIGORY KANOVICH, page 427)
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REVIEWS
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Aušra Paulauskienė, Lost and Found: The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction (MICHAEL CASPER, page 439)
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Tomas Venclova, Vilnius: A Personal History (MICHAEL CASPER, page 443)
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PART II: JEWS IN POLISH MEDICINE
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Dr Gershon Lewin (1868-1940): Pioneer of Public Health and Promoter of Jewish Culture in Poland (KARIN OHRY-KOSSOY AND AVI OHRY, page 449)
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Dedicated Physicians in the Face of Adversity: The Association of Jewish Physicians (ZLRP) and The Jewish Health Organization (TOZ) in Poland, 1921-1942 (KARIN OHRY-KOSSOY AND AVI OHRY, page 455)
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The Medical School in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941-1942 (MARTA ALEKSANDRA BALINSKA, page 463)
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Ethical Dilemmas in the Work of Doctors and Nurses in the Warsaw Ghetto (MIRIAM OFFER, page 467)
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Notes on the Contributors (page 493)
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Index (page 499)
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Published: 2013
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
- 9781904113942 (paper)
- 9781904113935 (hardcover)