Ladz Ghetto: A History

by Isaiah Trunk

Book Overview

In his comprehensive examination of the L dz Ghetto, originally published in Yiddish in 1962, historian Isaiah Trunk sought to describe and explain the tragedy that befell the Jews imprisoned in the first major ghetto imposed by the Germans after they invaded Poland in 1939. L dz had been home to nearly a quarter million Jews. When the Soviet military arrived in January 1945, they found 877 living Jews and the remains of a vast industrial enterprise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253347556
• ISBN13: 9780253347558
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 493 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 10.2"