Can Heaven Be Void?
by Baruch Milch
This
is the autography of a physician who was born in Podhajce. Baruch
Milch's wife,
young son, and other family members were slain in the Holocaust.
The book, started
on scraps of paper while he was in hiding, represents his determination
to leave a
testimony to the horrors of the time.
Life is With People: The Jewish Little-Town
of Eastern Europe
by Mark Zborowski and Elizabeth Herzog
Much information on what life was like in a typical shtetl.
Of Human Agony
by Carl and Irene Horowitz
Alternating
stories of two Holocaust survivors, one from Lviv and the other from
Boryslaw.
Both tell in great detail what Jewish life was like in those
communities before WW II. This
is followed by a description of life under the Russians, and, finally,
what transpires after
the Germans invade.
Together and Apart in Brzezany
by Simon Redlich
The
"apart" part was a chasm that led to Poles and Ukranians slaughtering
Jews when the
opportunity presented itself.
Shtetl Memoirs: Jewish Life
in Galicia Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the
Reborn
Poland, 1898-1939
by Joachim Schoenfeld
Interesting
chapters on occupations, superstitions, and family life, etc. The
theme of terrible
anti-semitism and pogroms runs through-out the book.
Looking Back
by Yosef Eisenbuch
An
account of life in Lviv.
The
Righteous: The Unsung Heros of the Holocaust
by Martin
Gilbert
Pages
59-61 describe the few gentile families who tried to save their
Podhajce Jewish neighbours.