A Small Town in Ukraine by Bernard Wasserstein (Paperback Book)
A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated Krakowiec (KrahKOVyets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people. The result is an exceptional, often moving book. Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. Seven years of terror and carnage left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine to Poland. At the beginning and end of the book we encounter Wassersteins own family, especially his grandfather... | Bernard Wasserstein A Small Town in Ukraine : The place we came from, the place we
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A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated Krakowiec (KrahKOVyets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people. The result is an exceptional, often moving book. Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. Seven years of terror and carnage left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine to Poland. At the beginning and end of the book we encounter Wassersteins own family, especially his grandfather... | Bernard Wasserstein A Small Town in Ukraine : The place we came from, the place we
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A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated Krakowiec (KrahKOVyets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people. The result is an exceptional, often moving book. Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl, with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. In 1914, disaster struck. Seven years of terror and carnage left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine to Poland. At the beginning and end of the book we encounter Wassersteins own family, especially his grandfather... | Bernard Wasserstein A Small Town in Ukraine : The place we came from, the place we
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format | paperback |
Language | eng |
type | book |
Color | multicolor |
Gender | unisex |
Size | small |
Brand | Bernard Wasserstein |
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