Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine

by Omer Bartov

Book Overview

In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. What begins as a deeply personal chronicle of the Holocaust in his mother's hometown of Buchach--in former Eastern Galicia--carries him on a journey across the region and back through history. This poignant travelogue reveals the complete erasure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166552
• ISBN13: 9780691166551
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"