Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kantorowitz, Moishe, 1923-
2. Zazuyer, Leah.
3. Sikes, Laura.

Description

1. 1 online resource (1090 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.

Summary

1. "A diverse compendium of over 1,000 pages on Shershev (Shershevo), Belarus, compiled by descendant Leah Watson in 2016. Contains maps, map enlargement, spread sheets of the town's inhabitants, excerpts from three Yizkor books, interviews, survivor summaries, charts, clippings, historical data, anecdotal material, photographs, memoirs, trip diaries, and creative writing. Major contributors include survivor Moishe Kantorwitz's unique visual-spatial map detailing, in both Yiddish and English, over 300 households."

Series statement

1. Steven Spielberg digital Yiddish library ; number 18143

Uniform title

1. Steven Spielberg digital Yiddish library ; number 18143.

Subject

1. Jews
2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
3. Holocaust survivors
4. Shereshevo (Belarus) > Jews
5. Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
6. Personal narratives
7. 1939-1945
8. Jews > Belarus > Shereshevo > History
9. Kantorowitz, Moishe, 1923-
10. Biography
11. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Belarus > Shereshevo > Personal narratives
12. Canada
13. Holocaust survivors > Canada > Biography
14. Belarus > Shereshevo

Genre/Form

1. Biography.
2. Personal narratives.

Contents

1. Map-Maker's Words -- Project Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Editor's Note -- From My Mother's Bequest, a memoir by Moishe Kantorowitz -- Where People Went and Where They Died -- Maps -- Photographs -- Appendix -- Index.
2. Appendix contains: Oral histories and interviews -- Encyclopedia and guidebook excerpts -- Travelogues -- Shershev History, Jack Auerbach -- "Shershev," from Five Liquidated Communities (Buenos Aires: 1958), Mordecai Bernstein et al., eds., translated by Leah (Elinor) Robinson -- "Judenrat in Pruzhany," by Avrom Harshalom from Alive in the Ashes -- "My Town Shershev in the Death March," by Chaim Malecki from Pinkas Pruzhany Book, Josepf Friedlaender et al, eds. (Tel Aviv: 1983) -- Back to Belarus by Leah Zazulyer (Watson) -- Shershev History, by Harry Siegerman -- "My Town," poem by Israel Emiot, translated by Leah Zazulyer -- "A Little Jewish Girl From Shershev," by Leah Zazulyer -- "Torontonians Help Reclaim Cemetery in Belarus," The Canadian Jewish News -- Correspondence.

Call number

1. Desk-JWS (Yizkor books. Shershev)

Reproduction (note)

1. Electronic reproduction.

Title

1. The Shershev Compendium / Compiled and edited by Leah Watson (with the editorial and technical assistance of historian Laura Sikes).

Publisher

1. Rochester, New York : Leah Watson, 2016.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Series

1. Steven Spielberg digital Yiddish library ; number 18143
2. Steven Spielberg digital Yiddish library ; number 18143.

Reproduction

1. Electronic reproduction. Amherst : National Yiddish Book Center.

Source of description

1. Online resource.

Connect to:

1. ianwatson.org
2. Yiddish Book Center

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945

Place of publication

1. United States New York New York.

Added author

1. Kantorowitz, Moishe, 1923-
2. Zazuyer, Leah.
3. Sikes, Laura.

ISBN

1. 0657181439
2. 9780657181437