Tales of Bialystok (eBook)

A Jewish Journey from Czarist Russia to America

Charles Zachariah Goldberg (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
122 Seiten
Rootstock Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-57869-005-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Charles Zachariah Goldberg left Bialystok in 1906 at the age of 20 in the aftermath of a deadly pogrom in Bialystok, then a part of Czarist Russia. Published later in life, living in Connecticut, these are his remembrances and stories about growing up in Bialystok, tales of the dreadful, and of the humorous, of family life, and of his journey to America. He writes in a voice all his own, familiar, plainspoken, direct and honest. Originally written in Yiddish for publications in the New York City area in the 1930s and 1940s, Charles Zachariah Goldberg stories capture both the immediacy of his experiences and the tales told him by others.

Inhalt

The Magic of the Written Word, A Foreword from the Translator viiIn the Shadow of Death 1Life Experiences 5Memories of Menkhes Gesel 9The Informer 15My Father’s Advice 19Stealing Across the Border 25Murder by the Dozen 31A Serpent’s Tooth 37A Soldier’s Tale 41Two Friends 45The General 49A Commotion in the Horse Stall 55The Inspector 59Getting Even With the Rabbi 63A Poor Boy is Not Destined for Joy 67Mystery in a Small Town 71The Blood Libel 75In the Nick of Time 81A Wonderful Bialystoker Self-Defense Organization in 1906 87A Ruined Holiday 95Epilogue: Bialystok – A Historical Survey by I. Shmulewitz 99Notes on Sources 107

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Übersetzer: Phyllis Goldberg Ross
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: adolescence • Anti-Semitism • Bialystok • czarist russia • Jewish History • Jewish Life • Pogrom
• ISBN-10: 1-57869-005-6 / 1578690056
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57869-005-3 / 9781578690053