"... Trinity College professor Kassow's work is well researched, written, and documented.... Recommended." —Choice
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Choice 2008)
"This may well be the most important book about history that anyone will ever read." —The New Republic
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The New Republic 2008)
"... one of the most important books I've ever read... Kassow has created a stunning and brilliant social history of Polish Jews..." —Bonny V. Fetterman, Reform Judaism
(Bonny V. Fetterman
Reform Judaism 2010)
"A stunning revelation of the enduring spirit of the decimated residents of the Warsaw Ghetto." —Rita Kohn, NUVO Weekly
(Rita Kohn
NUVO Weekly 2010)
"Samuel Kassow's book on Ringelblum and Oyneg Shabes is a chef d'oeuvre. I can only marvel at the author's ability to master a bewildering array of primary and secondary sources and write a temperate but impassioned historical study of his own. It is one of the most important studies on the Holocaust to have appeared in years." —Zachary Baker, Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University Libraries
(Zachary Baker, Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University Libraries )
"Two major historians meet in this book: one named Ringelblum, the other named Kassow. Drawing on his passion for the past, his revolutionary ethos, his organizational genius, not to speak of his self-discipline, unflagging energy and courage, Emanuel Ringelblum recorded, compiled, and preserved the last chapter of Polish Jewry. Drawing on his vast erudition and moral imagination, Samuel Kassow has rescued this incomparable story. Thanks to him, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is revealed to be the single greatest memory site of east European Jewry." —David G. Roskies, author of Against the Apocalypse
(David G. Roskies, author of Against the Apocalypse )
"Together, Emanuel Ringelblum and Samuel Kassow help us remember why history matters." —Slavic Review, Winter 2009
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Slavic Review )
"If there is any book that should be read this year (or any year) about the Holocaust it is Who Will Write Our History?" —Jewish Book World, Fall 2008
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Jewish Book World )
"Kassow has made a major contribution to our understanding of the depth of dedication that librarians and archivists should share toward the preservation of their materials." —Matthew Z. Heintzelman, Libraries & Cultural Record Vol. 43, 2008
(Matthew Z. Heintzelman
Libraries & Cultural Record Vol. 43 )
"If there is one book that should be read about the Holocaust, it is Who Will Write Our History?" —Jack Fischel, New Jersey Jewish News, November 13, 2008
(Jack Fischel
New Jersey Jewish News )
"In this book, Kassow adheres to Ringelblum's inclusive philosophy, painting an exceedingly comprehensive picture of Jewish life in Warsaw before and during the war." —Zachor, October 2008
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Zachor )
"This is a book that comes to us at enormous human cost. It deserves to be read and studied by us all." —Palm Beach Jewish Journal, July 14, 2010
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Palm Beach Jewish Journal )
"The query that gives the book its title is more than answered by the painful text of the book itself. The martyred historians achieved their purpose. It is they who wrote the history that Kassow has transformed into a compelling and significant narrative, a tribute to the courage and determination of the doomed archivists." —Hadassah Magazine, May 2010
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Hadassah Magazine )
"Kassow provides a comprehensive overview and interpretation of the value of Ringelblum's determination to keep alive in memory the ordeal of his fellow Jews." —Forward.com, 4/28/11
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Forward.com )
