1915 Diary of S. An-Sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front

by S. Ansky

S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and an ethnographer who pioneered the collection of Jewish folklore in Russia's Pale of Settlement. In 1915, An-sky took on the assignment of providing aid and relief to Jewish civilians trapped under Russian military occupation in Galicia. As he made his way through the shtetls there, close to the Austrian frontlines, he kept a diary of his encounters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025302045X
• ISBN13: 9780253020451
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher