TY - BOOK ED - Horowitz, Rosemary PY - 2011 DA - 2011// TI - Memorial books of Eastern European Jewry: essays on the history and meanings of Yizker volumes PB - McFarland CY - Jefferson, N.C KW - Memorial books (Holocaust) KW - History KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Jews KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Holocaust survivors KW - Intellectual life KW - Osteuropa KW - Judentum KW - Memorbuch AB - "Jews of Eastern Europe were targets of violence during the first half of the twentieth century. Survivors compiled memorial books to preserve historical, biographical, and cultural information. This collection provides a history of the memorial books and their cultural contexts; essays on Yizker books; key reviews (some translated from Yiddish); and a bibliographic overview of secondary sources"--Provided by publisher SN - 0786441992 LA - English N1 - edited by Rosemary Horowitz ID - 645030929 ER -