A History of East European Jews by Heiko Haumann The origins and life of East European Jewry

A History of East European Jews by Heiko Haumann The origins and life of East European Jewry (sometimes referred to simply as OSTJUDEN) took on new historical and political importance after the Holocaust. Two thirds of European Jewry and about one third of the world's Jewish population were murdered by the Nazis. In Poland alone three million in all-99 per cent of Polish Jews-were killed; Yiddish as a spoken language more or less disappeared. 'This volume presents a history of East European Jewry from its beginnings to the period after the Holocaust. It gives an overview of the demographic, political, socio-economic, religious and conditions of Jewish communities in Poland, Russia, Bohemia and Moravia HEIKO HAUMANN is Professor of History of Eastern Europe at the University of Basel 'I am an East European Jew, and our homeland lies wherever we have our dead." So speaks the millionaire Henry Bloomfield in Joseph Roth's novel HOTEL SAVOY as he visits the grave of his father, Jechiel Blumenfeld. This sentence encompasses the entire history of the 'East European Jews' - From The Foreword Of The Book Condition - Excellent - As New Paperback Published in 2002 by Heiko Haumann ISBN : 963-9241-26-1 Length - 281 pages Collection in Norwood or can be couriered at buyers expense