{"product_id":"a-memorial-to-the-jewish-community-of-zhetl-dzyatlava-belarus-hardcover","title":"A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Zhetl (Dzyatlava, Belarus) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaruch Kaplinski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRachel Kolokoff Hopper\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wind\u003c\/b\u003e (Index by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're reading this it's because you want to learn about the now extinct Jewish village of Zhetl, known today as Dyatlovo, Belarus. Unfortunately, you can't read it in Yiddish. Sixty-Five years after this Zhetl Yizkor book was originally published, I am honored to make it available to the English-speaking world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do you care about Zhetl? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're like me, it's probably because your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts or cousins were born and lived in Zhetl. A few of them survived, all of them tried to, but most of them were savagely murdered during humanity's lowest point in modern history: the Holocaust of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're like me, you've heard bits and pieces of your family's Zhetl's stories over the years. Some of them get repeated to the point where you no longer hear them. Then one day you wake up and want to know more. You want to ask the questions which your youthful self didn't have the time, nor interest, to ask. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut alas, our Zhetl is gone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherein lies the wisdom of our dear Zhetl relatives. They knew this day would come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all owe a debt of gratitude to all the authors who made the time to tell their stories, as painful as it was. To Baruch Kaplinski (z\"l) for editing the original 1957 version and to Mordecai (Motl) Dunetz (z\"l), for passionately gathering and editing materials from former Zhetl residents and survivors the world over for nearly a decade in order to drive the project through to its completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 690\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097721016455,"sku":"9781954176294","price":77.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5d299f2dc8e6033330b4e754d12994a1.webp?v=1732355254","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-memorial-to-the-jewish-community-of-zhetl-dzyatlava-belarus-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}