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Book SynopsisThis source-reader invites you to encounter the world of one thousand years of Jewish self-government in eastern Europe. It tells about the beginnings in the Middle Ages, delves into the unfolding of communal hierarchies and supra-communal representation in the early modern period, and reflects on the impact of the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and of growing state interference, as well as on the communist and post-communist periods. Translated into English from Hebrew, Latin, Yiddish, Polish, Russian, German, and other languages, in most cases for the first time, the sources illustrate communal life, the interdependence of civil and religious leadership, the impact of state legislation, Jewish-non-Jewish encounters, reform projects and political movements, but also Jewish resilience during the Holocaust. "The reviewed volume is a valuable publication reflecting the considerable work of the editors, authors and translators. It allows English-speaking readers to reach out to materials previously inaccessible linguistically. Most importantly, it allows to include and/or introduce the history of Polish Jews into the didactics of universitites worldwide." Anna Michałowska-Mycielska, Studia Judaica (quote was translated from Polish)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1 The Medieval Period Hanna Zaremska 2 Early Modern Poland-Lithuania, 1507–1795 Adam Teller 3 The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania, 1772–1815 Cornelia Aust 4 The Prussian Partition, 1815–1914 Michał Szulc 5 Jewish Self-Government in Galicia, 1815–1914 Wacław Wierzbieniec 6 The Kingdom of Poland, 1815–1915 Artur Markowski 7 Imperial Russia’s North-Western and South-Western Provinces, 1815–1914 Andrei Zamoiski 8 World War One and Independent Poland, 1914–1939 Piotr Kendziorek 9 Poland after the Second World War, 1944–2020 August Grabski with Piotr Grudka 10 Epilogue: Refractions of Jewish Self-Government under German Occupation in the Second World War Marcin Urynowicz Glossary Index
