Politics and History in Emanuel Ringelblum’s War Diaries. Cover Image

Politics and History in Emanuel Ringelblum’s War Diaries.
Politics and History in Emanuel Ringelblum’s War Diaries.

Emanuel Ringelblum between the Two World Wars

Author(s): Victoria Nizan
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Centre of European Dialogue and Cultural Diplomacy
Keywords: Emanuel Ringelblum’s Notes; Warsaw ghetto; World War 2;

Summary/Abstract: Emanuel Ringelblum is mainly remembered for the archive he established in the Warsaw ghetto, Oyneg Shabes. However, it was his outstanding activities prior to the war that enabled him to evolve into a prominent and influential historian and prepared him for the huge task of documentation that he had carried out during WWII.

  • Issue Year: 4/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 15-31
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English