{"product_id":"ejszyszki-its-history-and-destruction-sh-barkeli-9781954176683","title":"Ejszyszki, its History and Destruction (Eisiskes, Lithuania)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish community of Eisiskes (Yiddish: Eishishok), Lithuania, which dated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eback to the 11th century, came to a sudden end in the Fall of 1941. On September\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22, Jewish men aged 18-40 were taken from the market and synagogue, brought to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe old cemetery, forced to lie in pits, and shot. The following day, women, children, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eold people were shot, as well as Jews brought from other towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJews here had once numbered 75% of the population. They traded in wood, cattle, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrain, ran restaurants, bakeries, inns, and stores. They opened mills, factories, and leather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand fur workshops. The community boasted three prayer houses, several chedarim and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyeshivot, a girls' private school, and, in the 1920s, a Hebrew school. Cultural, sports, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZionist clubs flourished, along with a library, recreation areas, children's camps, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elive theatre, and even a cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was life here like, before and during the Holocaust? For the first time in English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etranslation, the words of survivors and emigres bring Jewish Eishishok back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sh Barkeli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954176686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954176683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewishgen.Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Sh Barkeli","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45898677584127,"sku":"9781954176683","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_997dcbb1-68bc-43af-b760-7bbeb0e071eb.jpg?v=1721376858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ejszyszki-its-history-and-destruction-sh-barkeli-9781954176683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}