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Acknowledgments xi Note on Language Use xiii Introduction 1 1 From “Bichuch” to Warsaw 17 2 Borochov’s Disciple 27 3 History for the People 49 4 Organizing the Community Self-Help and Relief 90 5 A Band of Comrades 145 6 The Different Voices of Polish Jewry 209 7 Traces of Life and Death Texts from the Archive 225 8 The Tidings of Job 285 9 A Historian’s Final Mission 333 Appendix A. Guidelines for a Study of Polish-Jewish Relations 389 Appendix B. Guidelines for a Study of the Warsaw Ghetto 393 Appendix C. Guidelines for a Study of the Jewish Shtetl 396 Notes 401 Selected Bibliography 481 Index 495 Photographs appear after pages 144 and 284. contents ...

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