Tales of Bialystok (eBook)

A Jewish Journey from Czarist Russia to America

Charles Zachariah Goldberg (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
122 Seiten
Rootstock Publishing (Verlag)
9781578690053 (ISBN)

Infos

Charles Zachariah Goldberg left Bialystok in 1906 at the age of 20 in the aftermath of a deadly pogrom in Bialystok, then a part of Czarist Russia. Published later in life, living in Connecticut, these are his remembrances and stories about growing up in Bialystok, tales of the dreadful, and of the humorous, of family life, and of his journey to America. He writes in a voice all his own, familiar, plainspoken, direct and honest. Originally written in Yiddish for publications in the New York City area in the 1930s and 1940s, Charles Zachariah Goldberg stories capture both the immediacy of his experiences and the tales told him by others.

Inhalt

The Magic of the Written Word, A Foreword from the Translator vii

In the Shadow of Death 1

Life Experiences 5

Memories of Menkhes Gesel 9

The Informer 15

My Father’s Advice 19

Stealing Across the Border 25

Murder by the Dozen 31

A Serpent’s Tooth 37

A Soldier’s Tale 41

Two Friends 45

The General 49

A Commotion in the Horse Stall 55

The Inspector 59

Getting Even With the Rabbi 63

A Poor Boy is Not Destined for Joy 67

Mystery in a Small Town 71

The Blood Libel 75

In the Nick of Time 81

A Wonderful Bialystoker Self-Defense Organization in 1906 87

A Ruined Holiday 95

Epilogue: Bialystok – A Historical Survey by I. Shmulewitz 99

Notes on Sources 107

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Übersetzer: Phyllis Goldberg Ross
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: adolescence • Anti-Semitism • Bialystok • czarist russia • Jewish History • Jewish Life • Pogrom
• ISBN-13: 9781578690053 / 9781578690053