CONTENTS

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Note on Translation xxxiii

1 The Shtetl: A Historical Landscape ι

2 The Scars of Revolution 30

3 Social Structure of the Soviet Shtetl 57

4 Growing Up in Yiddish 79

5 The Sanctuary of the Synagogue 107

6 Religion of the Home: Food and Faith 134

7 Life and Death in Reichskommissariat Ukraine 158

8 Life beyond the River: Transnistria 186

9 A Kind of Victory 232

Conclusion 280

Brief Biographies 291

Notes 309

Bibliography 343

Acknowledgments 363

Index 36s