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The Scroll of Agony: The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan

The Scroll of Agony: The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan

by Chaim A . Kaplan (Author), Abraham I . Katsh (Editor)

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    Paperback 1999

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Synopsis

A precious record of Jewish life under Nazi rule. -New York Review of Books Not only the material for history; it is history itself, agonizingly, triumphantly alive. -Saturday Review Warsaw resident Chaim Kaplan's journal begins on September 1, 1939, the day the Nazi blitzkrieg stunned the world-the Jews of Poland most of all. It ends in August 1942, when Kaplan realized that the Nazi noose was around his neck. Today Kaplan's diary stands as an extraordinary record of the Nazi destruction of Warsaw's Jewish community. It is as timely as ever.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 410
 Edition: 1st Indiana University Press Ed
 Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0253212936
ISBN 13: 9780253212931
Book Overview: The classic firsthand account of life and death in the Warsaw ghetto.

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A precious record of Jewish life under Nazi rule. - New York Review of Books Not only the material for history; it is history itself, agonizingly, triumphantly alive. - Saturday Review
Author Bio
Chaim A. Kaplan was a teacher and writer in Warsaw. He is believed to have died in late 1942 or early 1943. Abraham I. Katsh is President Emeritus of Dropsie University in Philadelphia, and Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Culture and Education at New York University.