Title: Hasidic tales of the Holocaust /
Authors: Eliach, Yaffa.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives; Hasidim Biography.; Hasidim Legends
Abstract: Based on interviews and oral histories, this collection of original Hasidic tales offers testimony to the faith in God and the love of humanity that was sustained throughout the Holocaust.
Contents: Ancestors and faith. Hovering above the pit ; The son of the Shohet of Medzhibozh ; The kiss ; The Halatl of Rabbi Baruch of Medzhibozh ; The first Hanukkah light in Bergen Belsen ; Seder night in Bergen Belsen : "tonight we have only matzah" ; The Berlin-Bucharest express ; The vision of the red stars ; Honor thy mother ; A mother's heart ; God is everywhere...but... ; The amulet of the Belzer Rabbi ; Fine generations ; The little slave girl from the toy factory ; The generals ; A shofar in a coffee cauldron ; "Avremele, you are going to Siberia!" ; The Zanzer Kiddush goblet ; No time for advice ; "The messiah is already here" ; "Jew, go back to the grave!" ; God's messenger, the grandson of the Pnei Yehoshua ;