The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry.

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IX, 116 p. Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy. - Elie Wiesel s eyewitness account of the plight of Soviet Jews, based on his visit to the Soviet Union in 1965, first brought their desperate situation to the attention of the Western world. The Jews of Silence, published in 1966, became the voice of the Russian Jews, hundreds of whom applied for exit visas after the Six-Day War. This powerful book, which first broke the silence, made history as it ignited a movement supporting their right to emigrate. This new edition of The Jews of Silence includes two chapters based on Wiesel s subsequent trips to the Soviet Union. "Have things changed since 1965?" Wiesel asks in the Preface to this edition. "In 1965, no one dared to dream of legal emigration to Israel and other free countries. Now it is no longer a dream. Now it has become a political situation that demands political remedies." A new Afterword by the historian Martin Gilbert reviews the ebb and flow of Soviet policy regarding Russian Jewry over the past two decades to the present day. / CONTENTS Preface to the Third Edition To the Reader I Introduction II Fear Ill A Gift IV Babi Yar V Celebration in Moscow VI A Night of Dancing VII Solitude VIII The Dream of Israel IX What They Expect From Us X The Return XI Epilogue Afterword by Martin Gilbert. ISBN 0805208267 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1210564

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