Title: The Lemberg mosaic
Description: The Lemberg Mosaic, subtitled the "Memoirs of Two who Survived the Destruction of Jewish Galicia," is a book on the Holocaust by Jakob Weiss.[1] This work brings to light the relatively obscure history of the systematic and total destruction of Jewish Lemberg (Lwów, now Lviv in Ukraine). It is presented in the format of a biography,[2] detailing the struggle for survival of four families in the backdrop of two back-to-back invasions of the city and surrounding region by both the Soviets (1939) and the Germans (1941).
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Biography, Personal narratives
Places: Ukraine, Lʹviv
People: Leopold Weiss (1909-1991), Felicia Weiss (1920-1977)
Time periods: 1910 - 1948