Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory
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In modern-day Ukraine, east of the Carpathian Mountains, there is an invisible city. Known as Czernowitz, the "Vienna of the East" under the Habsburg empire, this vibrant Jewish-German Eastern European culture vanished after World War II--yet an idealized version lives on, suspended in the memories of its dispersed people and passed down to their children like a precious and haunted heirloom. In this original blend of history and communal memoir,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520271254
ISBN13:9780520271258
Release Date:July 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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