On the edge of destruction
Subtitle: Jews of Poland between the two World Wars
By: Celia S. Heller ; foreword by Nathan Glazer.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.; Jews -- Poland -- Social conditions; Antisemitism -- Poland.; Poland -- History -- 1918-1945.; Poland -- Ethnic relations.
Description: The Holocaust virtually destroyed the Jews of Poland, once a community of more than three million, constituting ten percent of the population, and the oldest continuous Jewish community in a European country. On the Edge of Destruction looks at the rich and complex nature of that community and the tremendous pressures under which it lived before the tragic end.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-370) and index.
Previously published: New York : Schocken Books, 1980.