Awards

• Winner of Certificate of Commendation, Society of American Archivists.

Overview

Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. Members of the secret Oyneg Shabes organization gathered thousands of testimonies from natives of Warsaw and refugees from hundreds of other localities, creating a documentary record of the wartime fate of Polish Jewry. Now housed in the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, the archive comprises some 35,000 pages, including documents, materials from the underground press, photographs, memoirs, belles lettres, and much more. This first comprehensive description of its contents is meticulously indexed to facilitate location of documents and information. By aiding access to this unique archival treasure, the catalog and guide advance study of the daily lives, struggles, and sufferings of Polish Jews at a crucial time and place in the history of the Holocaust.

Full Product Details

Author:   Robert Moses Shapiro ,  Tadeusz Epsztein
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.928kg
ISBN:  

9780253353276

ISBN 10:   0253353270
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   11 January 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Foreword by Paul A. Shapiro, Eleonora Bergman, and Feliks Tych Translator's Preface by Robert Moses Shapiro Introduction by Samuel D. Kassow Structure and Organization of the Ringelblum Archive and Its Catalog / Tadeusz Epsztein Contents of the Inventory Ringelblum I Ringelblum II Abbreviations Abbreviations for Identifying Handwriting in the Inventory of the Ringelblum Archive Inventory Catalog of Ringelblum I Catalog of Ringelblum II Concordances Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: New Call Numbers = Old Call Numbers Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: Old Call Numbers = New Call Numbers Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: Oldest Call Numbers (pre-1955) = New Call Numbers Call Numbers in Ringelblum II: New Call Numbers = Old Call Numbers Call Numbers in Ringelblum II: Old Call Numbers = New Call Numbers List of Liquidated Archival Units Index of Names Ringelblum I Index of Names Ringelblum II Index of Places Ringelblum I Index of Places Ringelblum II

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The Oyneg Shabes Archive is perhaps the most important collection of original material compiled by Jews during the Holocaust... Conscious of the momentous times in which they lived and of the deadly peril facing the Jews of Europe, [participants in the project] were determined to chronicle all aspects of life in the ghetto to serve as a record for the future. Antony Polonsky, editor of Polin

""The Oyneg Shabes Archive is perhaps the most important collection of original material compiled by Jews during the Holocaust... Conscious of the momentous times in which they lived and of the deadly peril facing the Jews of Europe, [participants in the project] were determined to chronicle all aspects of life in the ghetto to serve as a record for the future."" Antony Polonsky, editor of Polin

Author Information

Robert Moses Shapiro is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Tadeusz Epsztein is a longtime associate of the Polish Academy of Science's Institute of History and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. Samuel D. Kassow is Charles Northam Professor of History at Trinity College.

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