Description
Book SynopsisRetrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the "Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive" was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. This book describes its contents.
Trade Review[This] is an altogether remarkable testimony.
* Hadassah Magazine *
The Oyneg Shabes Archive is perhaps the most important collection of original material compiled by Jews during the Holocaust. . . . Conscious of the momentous times in which they lived and of the deadly peril facing the Jews of Europe, [participants in the project] were determined to chronicle all aspects of life in the ghetto to serve as a record for the future.
-- Antony Polonsky * editor of Polin *
By aiding access to this unique archival treasure, the catalog and guide advance study of the daily lives, struggles and sufferings of Polish Jews at a crucial time and place in the history of the Holocaust. April 16, 2010
* Heritage Florida Jewish News *
[T]his is an important work that should be of great assistance to scholars. Fall 2010
* Jewish Book World *
Table of ContentsContents
Foreword by Paul A. Shapiro, Eleonora Bergman, and Feliks Tych
Translator's Preface by Robert Moses Shapiro
Introduction by Samuel D. Kassow
Structure and Organization of the Ringelblum Archive and Its Catalog / Tadeusz Epsztein
Contents of the Inventory
Ringelblum I
Ringelblum II
Abbreviations
Abbreviations for Identifying Handwriting in the Inventory of the Ringelblum Archive Inventory
Catalog of Ringelblum I
Catalog of Ringelblum II
Concordances
Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: New Call Numbers = Old Call Numbers
Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: Old Call Numbers = New Call Numbers
Call Numbers in Ringelblum I: Oldest Call Numbers (pre-1955) = New Call Numbers
Call Numbers in Ringelblum II: New Call Numbers = Old Call Numbers
Call Numbers in Ringelblum II: Old Call Numbers = New Call Numbers
List of Liquidated Archival Units
Index of Names Ringelblum I
Index of Names Ringelblum II
Index of Places Ringelblum I
Index of Places Ringelblum II
