Skalat - Death of a Shtetl

Death of a Shtetl
(Skalat, Ukraine)

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Translation of: Es shtarbt a shtetl; megiles Skalat

Edited by: J. Kaplan

Published in Munich, Central Historical commission of the
Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone of Germany, 1948 (Y)

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Translations arranged by

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Lusia Milch

Our sincere appreciation to Jonas Weissbrod, son of author,
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This is a translation from: Es shtarbt a shtetl; megiles Skalat; Death of a shtetl, by Abraham Weissbrod.
Ed. J. Kaplan. Munich, Central Historical commission of the
Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone of Germany, 1948 (Y)

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DEATH OF A SHTETL

By

Abraham Weissbrod

I. Kaplan, Editor of the Yiddish Text

Published (in Yiddish) by the Central Historical
Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews
in the American Zone of Germany
Munich, 1948

English Translation
Arranged by Lusia Milch and Joseph Kofler

English Text and Additional
Testimonies of Witnesses
Edited by Lusia Milch
U.S.A., 1995

Chapter		Page
	Introduction to the English Translation (L. Milch)	i
	Introduction by the Editor of the Original Work in Yiddish (J. Kaplan)	iii
	Foreword- In Memory of the Shtetl (A. Weissbrod)	v

1	The Shtetl As It Was	1
2	On the Eve of the Fire	3
3	The Knives are Sharpened...	4
4	The Historic Meeting	6
5	The Pogrom	8
6	The Judenrat and its Institution	10
7	The “Live Contingent”	14
8	The Underground Community	19
9	“Jews, Do Not Worry”	21
10	The Wild Action	23
11	After the Devil's Dance	27
12	N.Z.L. (NIZL)	29
13	The Little Action	31
14	Aryan Papers	33
15	Sobbing Graves	36
16	The Rebellious Tombstones	40
17	The Final Struggle	41
18	The Failed Resistance Plan	43
19	The Shavuot Action	45
20	The Origins of the Skalat Camp	47
21	The Camp People	50
22	With Songs on Their Lips	53
23	The Passover Seder in Camp	54
24	The Ghostly Promenade	56
25	The First Camp-Action	58
26	The Partisans	60
27	The Last Act of the Tragedy	63
28	In the Forests	65
29	My Own Experiences in the Forest (A. Weissbrod's Account)	72
30	Hershke and His Band	75
	Afterword	84

List of Appendices

I	List of Jews on “Aryan Papers” by M. Grinfeld	85
II	List of Witnesses Interviewed by A. Weissbrod 1945-1947	86
III	Dates and Count of Skalat Victims and Survivors	87
IV	Testimonies of Witnesses, Obtained by L. Milch 1992-1995	88
V	Commentary by Lusia Milch First Visit to Skalat, Spring 1970 Second Visit to Skalat, Fall 1995	121
VI	Acknowledgments	128
VII	Maps and Photographs	129

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