Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust

Based on interviews and oral histories, this collection of 89 stories isthe first anthology of Hasidic stories about the Holocaust, and the first everin which women play a large role.

Acknowledgments

xiii

Foreword

xv

ONE ANCESTORS AND FAITH

Hovering above the Pit

3

(2)

The Son of the Shohet of Medzhibozh

5

(2)

The Kiss

7

(3)

The Halatl of Rabbi Baruch of Medzhibozh

10

(3)

The First Hanukkah Light in Bergen Belsen

13

(3)

Seder Night in Bergen Belsen: ``Tonight We Have Only Matzah''

16

(4)

The Berlin-Bucharest Express

20

(3)

The Vision of the Red Stars

23

(2)

Honor Thy Mother

25

(3)

A Mother's Heart

28

(1)

God Is Everywhere...But...

29

(4)

The Amulet of the Belzer Rabbi

33

(3)

Fine Generations

36

(1)

The Little Slave Girl from the Toy Factory

37

(2)

The Generals

39

(3)

A Shofar in a Coffee Cauldron

42

(2)

``Avremele, You Are Going to Siberia!''

44

(1)

The Zanzer Kiddush Goblet

45

(3)

No Time for Advice

48

(2)

``The Messiah Is Already Here!''

50

(3)

``Jew, Go Back to the Grave!''

53

(2)

God's Messenger, the Grandson of the Pnei Yehoshua

55

(4)

``If You Will Grow Hair on the Palm of Your Hand''

59

(3)

The Miracle of a Doorless Back Wall

62

(4)

Mothers

66

(2)

Number 145053

68

(2)

Save This One Grandchild

70

(2)

A Pail of Potato Peels and Two Halberstams

72

(2)

A Brother's Tefillin (I)

74

(2)

The Rain (II)

76

(1)

A Passover Melody (III)

77

(2)

A Natural Victory: Churchill and the Rabbi of Gur

79

(1)

The Rebbetzin of Gur: Two Passports

79

(5)

The Shofar of the Rabbi of Radorzytz

84

(3)

The Keepers of the Holy Temple

87

(1)

The Kasztner Transport and a Zionist Leader's Dream

88

(4)

A Holy Book

92

(2)

The Yellow Bird

94

(1)

A Bowl of Soup

95

(5)

The ``Blessing'' of the Munkacser Rebbe

100

(1)

Who Will Win This War?

101

(8)

TWO FRIENDSHIP

Good Morning, Herr Muller

109

(1)

Two Capsules of Cyanide (I)

110

(2)

On the Waiting Bench at the Gallows (II)

112

(2)

A Sip of Coffee

114

(2)

For the Sake of Friendship

116

(5)

Under the Blue Skies of Tel Aviv

121

(2)

``What I Learned at My Father's Home''

123

(3)

``The World Needs You''

126

(2)

The Yeshiva Student

128

(2)

Stars

130

(2)

The Mosaic Artist's Apprentice

132

(2)

A Girl Called Estherke

134

(6)

In the Image of God

140

(2)

The Merit of a Young Priest

142

(9)

THREE THE SPIRIT ALONE

Circumcision

151

(2)

Slain with Hunger

153

(2)

Even the Transgressors in Israel

155

(4)

The Last Request

159

(1)

The Ritual Bath

160

(1)

Death of a Beloved Son

161

(1)

Satan's Altar

162

(2)

The Grandson of the Arugat Ha-Bosem

164

(2)

``He Hath Delivered Me Out of All Trouble''

166

(3)

No Longer Husband and Wife

169

(1)

A Prayer and a Dream

170

(2)

The Third Sabbath Meal at Mauthausen

172

(5)

A Hill in Bergen Belsen

177

(1)

A Father's Blessing

178

(3)

A Sign from Heaven

181

(3)

A Bobov Melody

184

(4)

Rudolf Haas Is Human!

188

(1)

A Miracle in a Potato Field

189

(6)

FOUR AT THE GATES OF FREEDOM

The Plague of Blood

195

(2)

``I Envy You''

197

(1)

``Pray for Us!''

198

(2)

A Kvitl on the Frankfurter's Grave

200

(2)

The Grip of the Holy Letters

202

(3)

Puff...

205

(1)

To Marry a Baker

206

(1)

The Road to Mother

207

(2)

``The Happiest Day of My Life''

209

(1)

Hans and I at the Rema's Grave

210

(2)

``God Does Not Live Here Anymore''

212

(1)

Two Funerals

213

(2)

The Telephone Operator

215

(2)

Tipping the Scales of Justice

217

(2)

Grandfather Avrumche Backenroth's Table

219

(7)

Rejoining the Human Race

226

(5)

Glossary

231

(10)

Notes

241

(18)

Geographic Index

259

(3)

Name Index

262

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