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Once there was Warsaw : a memoir /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kutsher, Ber, 1893-1978 (Author)
Other Authors: Marcus, Gerald (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Yiddish.
Published: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.
Subjects:
Kutsher, Ber, > 1893-1978.
Jews > Poland > Warsaw > Biography.
Journalists > Poland > Warsaw > Biography.
Authors, Yiddish > 20th century > Biography.
Warsaw (Poland) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Warsaw (Poland) > Ethnic relations > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Author's preface
  • Author's acknowledgments
  • Translator's acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Which newspaper is the greatest?
  • Di Literatur in prison
  • How Avrom the coachman mourned Peretz's death
  • Pushed into Haynt
  • The first strike
  • Reyzele the ritual slaughterer's daughter
  • The three sisters
  • Reb Yankele and Reb Frishman
  • The power of the Dybbuk
  • Anything but an editor
  • Tlomatske 13
  • The Great night vigil
  • Disguised and not disguised
  • The literary bequest
  • The resurrection of a Lectern
  • A bomb in the editorial office
  • A star has fallen
  • Where does the road lead?
  • Warsaw in ruins
  • Warsaw streets
  • Selected biographies
  • Glossary
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index
  • Author and translator bios
  • Series list