(2016), No 4, Issue 2
Politics and History in Emanuel Ringelblum’s War Diaries. Emanuel Ringelblum between the Two World Wars
Victoria NIZAN
Pages: 15-30
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Abstract
Emanuel Ringelblum is mainly remembered for the archive he established in the Warsaw ghetto, Oyneg Shabes1. 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.
The world in which Ringelblum operated and developed his unique observation skills and analysis capabilities was turbulent, in transition, from the traditional to the modern. Ringelblum, who was himself secular as well as a communist, was also a dedicated Jew devoted to the Jewish culture and language (Yiddish). This apparent contradiction prevented him from becoming a member of the Polish communist party, but he was a member of another form of Marxist group – one that was Zionist as well as communist: Left Poalei Zion, LPZ (the left workers of Zion).
Keywords:
Emanuel Ringelblum’s Notes; Warsaw ghetto; World War 2
Citing Literature
Victoria Nizan, Politics and History in Emanuel Ringelblum’s War Diaries. Emanuel Ringelblum between the Two World Wars, Journal of Global Politics and Current Diplomacy, (2016), No 4, Issue 2: 15-30.
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