Bøger af Brandeis University) Polonsky

After reviewing developments in Poland, Lithuania, and the Soviet Union in the interwar period the volume considers Polish-Jewish relations during the Second World War and examines the Soviet record on the Holocaust. A survey of developments since 1945 concludes with an epilogue on the situation of the Jews since the collapse of communism.

Explores the factors that had a negative impact on Jewish life as well as the political and cultural movements that developed in consequence: Zionism, socialism, autonomism, the emergence of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Jewish urbanization, and the rise of popular Jewish culture. Each country is treated individually, as are the main cities.