[On the Holocaust] The Shtetl: Between Myth and Reality
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Prior to the Holocaust, much of the Jewish landscape of Eastern Europe was made up of shtetls. Today, decades after its destruction, the shtetl’s residents, streets, and buildings still remain etched in the Jewish collective memory.
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