Encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust 3 vols.

An abridgement of the multi-volume Pinkas Hakehillot previously available only in Hebrew. Includes histories of each and every Jewish community in Europe and in North Africa that was directly affected by the Holocaust. Each entry begins with the arrival of the first Jews to the particular location and then details that community's special history through World War I, the inter-war decades and the Holocaust, including its immediate aftermath