The Three Tragic Heroes of the Vilnius Ghetto: Witenberg, Sheinbaum, Gens [Paperback]

N.N. Shneidman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2010

Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno), the capital of Lithuania, is almost 700 years old. Since the middle ages it has been one of the main centres of Jewish cultural, religious, social and political activity of the Diaspora. At one time, one half of the city inhabitants were Jewish. Everything changed during the Holocaust. The Jewish community was destroyed by the Nazis and their collaborators. But there were those who refused to surrender without a fight.Witenberg and Sheinbaum were the leaders of the Jewish underground resistance organizations in the Vilnius ghetto. Gens was the Jewish Head of the ghetto, appointed to this position by the German authorities. Each person had the same objective - personal and communal survival. All three perished during the destruction of the Jewish ghetto.These three figures constitute the Three Tragic Heroes of the Vilnius Ghetto. This book compares the different approaches to the issues of resistance and survival and illuminates the specific problems of Jewish resistance and also the larger dilemma of survival during the Nazi era.

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About the Author

Professor Emeritus N.N.Shneidman is the author of the citically acclaimed Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius, ISBN 0-88962-659-0 (Mosaic Press, 1998) and seven other books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Mosaic Press (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889627851
• ISBN-13: 978-0889627857
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,932,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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