Burning Ice: The Ghettos of Transnistria

Shachan, Avigdor. Burning Ice: The Ghettos of Transnistria. Boulder: East European Monographs, 1996. First edition. Small Quarto. (xii) 510pp. Dark blue/grey cloth boards with gilt lettering and publishers device on spine. Translated by Dr. Shmuel Himelstein. This is a comprehensive scholarly survey of the Jewish life and persecution of the Jews in regions of Moldavia, Bukovina, Bessarabia and Transnistria. The author starts pre-WWII and chronicles the events through the end of the war and on into the time when many survivors immigrated from that region. The persecution of Jews at the hands of both the Soviets as well as local governments is discussed, as is the physical and social infrastructure and mechanisms that were put in place to help these communities survive in the face of harsh and oppressive social conditions. Binding in overall very good+, and interiors in near fine condition. vg+ to near fine. Hardcover. (40484) $65