Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Orhei, Moldova

Orhei, Moldova (originally Orheyev, Bessarabia) has had a long history of a Jewish presence. Gravestones dating to the early 1700's have been found in the Jewish cemetery. This Memorial (Yizkor) book has numerous personal accounts of the Holocaust. However, it is much more than that. It contains detailed discussions of the history of the town and the area. Most importantly it discusses the social and political organizations in the town during the early 1900's, including the people involved in those organizations. This book was written by a committee of former Orhei residents with the hope that their town would not be forgotten. This English translation is an attempt to offer descendants of the inhabitants of Orhei information about all aspects of their ancestors and their ancestral town. Let us honor the memories and wishes of the Orhei victims and survivors by reading this wonderful testimony to the town and inhabitants of Orhei - our ancestors and our ancestral town. This publication by the "Yizkor Books in Print Project" of JewishGen, Inc., serves to provide the English speaking community with these first-hand accounts in book format, so that researchers and descendants of Jewish emigrants from the town can learn this history. 520 pages with illustrations, Hard Cover

Author: Yitzchak Spivak
Publisher: Jewishgen.Inc
Published: 03/02/2012
Pages: 532
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.49lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.13d
ISBN13: 9780976475965
ISBN10: 0976475960
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Jewish | General
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust