Who Will Write Our History? by Samuel. D. Kassow - ISBN: 9780141039688
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Warsaw Ghetto: A secret archive defies tyranny, ensuring history’s survival.

Who Will Write Our History?

Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto

  • Paperback

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    5 March 2009

Summary

‘This may well be the most important book about history that anyone will ever read’ The New Republic

In the Autumn of 1940 the Jews of Warsaw were forced into a crowded ghetto, enduring unimaginable conditions until most were killed. Yet, amid this, one man, Emanuel Ringelblum, started an extraordinary clandestine organization dedicated to recording life under Nazi occupation. His aim: to ensure that, if he died, his people’s history would still be written.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141039688
ISBN-10:014103968X
Author:Samuel. D. Kassow
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:5 March 2009
Weight:429g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This may be the most important book about history that anyone will ever read.”-“The New Republic” “Brilliant… . Illuminating and heartbreaking… . A heroic act of synthesis and contextualization… . Kassow honors the efforts and restores the names of men and women who wrote though they knew their lives and those of their families and even their culture were doomed.”-“Los Angeles Times”“A rich and complicated study… . Surprising and extraordinarily moving.”-“Newsday”“Magnificent… . A stellar exploration of how history … can and should be preserved.” -Deborah Lipstadt, author of “History on Trial” “If there is one book that should be read this year (or any year) about the Holocaust it is “Who Will Write Our History?””-“Jewish Book World” “A gripping biography… . We should be grateful to Professor Kassow for allowing us to share in Ringelblum’s heroic efforts.”-“Jewish Ledger” “One of the most iPraise for Samuel D. Kassow’s “Who Will Write Our History?” “This may be the most important book about history that anyone will ever read.” -“The New Republic” “Magnificent… . A stellar exploration of how history … can and should be preserved.” -Deborah Lipstadt, author of “History on Trial” “If there is one book that should be read this year (or any year) about the Holocaust it is “Who Will Write Our History?”” -“Jewish Book World” “A gripping biography… . We should be grateful to Professor Kassow for allowing us to share in Ringelblum’s heroic efforts.” -“Jewish Ledger” “One of the most important studies on the Holocaust to have appeared in years.” -Zachary Baker, Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University

About The Author

Samuel. D. Kassow

Samuel D. Kassow is the Charles Northam Professor of History at Trinity College. He is the author of Students, Professors, and the State in Tsarist Russia, 1884-1917 and editor (with Edith W. Clowes and James L. West) of Between Tsar and People- The Search for a Public Identity in Tsarist Russia. He has lectured on Russian and Jewish history in many countries, including Israel, Russia and Poland.

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