Abyss of Despair

by Nathan Hanover and Rabbi Nathan; Rabbi Abraham J .Mesch Hanover

Book Overview

Providing a gripping, first-hand account of the Chmielnicki massacres in 1648-58, in which tens of thousands of Jews perished in Poland and the Ukraine, Rabbi Nathan Hanover describes the events themselves and their effect on European Jewry. Hanover's description of the atrocities commited* by Chmielnicki and his hordes makes it clear that they set the precedent for Hitler's torture chambers. Hanover's account of the events understood in their historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878559272
• ISBN13: 9780878559275
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"