Poles and Jews

Abraham Brumberg

2002

When Jan Gross’ Neighbors first appeared in Poland two years ago, with its grisly account of the July 10, 1941, slaughter of 1,600 Jews in the small northeastern town of Jedwabne, it sank like a stone in a sea of indifference. The book depicted a horrifying daylong slaughter, during which Jews were knifed and drowned, their throats slashed, and…

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Creator Bio

Abraham Brumberg

1926–2008

Abraham Brumberg was born in Tel Aviv, immigrated to Poland, and then came to the United States. He was a scholar specializing in communism in Eastern Europe. As editor in chief of the journal Problems of Communism, first published in the 1950s, he wrote on Russian, East European, and Jewish affairs. Brumberg also edited a number of texts about Poland and the Soviet Union. He was active in efforts to preserve Yiddish language and culture.

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