From a ruined garden: the memorial books of Polish Jewry

Selections from the memorial volumes written by survivors and emigrants. A rich portrait of life as it was lived in the small Jewish towns of Poland from the beginning of the century through the tragic years of the Holocaust. The comprehensive bibliography of memorial books and gazetteer of place names in this updated edition are indispensable resources for genealogical research. A new introduction be the editors illuminates the history of the memorial book genre and its importance for the construction of memory culture through the response of Holocaust survivors