Anna's Shtetl

Contents

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation xvii 1. The Two Shevchenkos 1 2. The Town 9 3. Grandmother Beyla 11 4. Grandfather Avrum 18 5. Aaron and Leya 26 6. The Surprise (1914–1916) 31 7. The Marketplace 34 8. Nobility and Obscurity 41 9. At Alta’s House (1916–1917) 47 10. Anna’s Prize (1916–1917) 54 11. Between Gentile and Jew 60 12. Cousin Zavl 68 13. Leya the Smuggler (1917–1919) 73 14. The First Pogrom (March 1–8, 1918) 81 15. The Aftermath (March 1918) 89 16. The Germans Occupy Korsun (1918) 93 17. Fall and Winter in Prewar Korsun 102 Contents 18. The Worst Winter (1918–1919) 106 19. Spring and Summer in Prewar Korsun 118 20. Spring and Summer (1919) 122 21. The Third Pogrom (August 13–26, 1919) 128 22. How to Tell a Sollop 135 23. The Two Korsuns 138 24. Moscow (1919–1921) 146 25. Petrograd (1921) 159 Epilogue 170 Appendix A. Shtetl In®uences 175 Appendix B. The Shtetl Memoir 183 Appendix C. How True to Reality Is Anna’s Shtetl? 187 Appendix D. Material from Sources Other Than Anna 195 Notes 199 Bibliography 223 Index 233 viii / Contents ...