1st Edition

Abyss of Despair

By Nathan Hanover Copyright 1983
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

Providing a gripping, first-hand account of the Chmielnicki massacres in 1648-58, in which tens of thousands of Jews perished in Poland and the Ukraine, Rabbi Nathan Hanover describes the events themselves and their effect on European Jewry. Hanover's description of the atrocities commited* by Chmielnicki and his hordes makes it clear that they set the precedent for Hitler's torture chambers.... Read more
Illustrations Translator's Note Foreword to the Transaction Edition Translator's Introduction The Life and Work of Nathan Hanover Author's Introduction I. Abyss of Despair II. The Massacres of Nalevaiko III. The Massacres of Pawliuk IV. The Brutal Oppressions of Chmiel V. The Massacres of Nemirow VI. The Massacres of Tulczyn VII. The Massacres by Polannoe VIII. The Massacres of Ostrog and Zaslaw IX. The Massacres of Konstantynow X. The Massacres of Lithuania XI. The Massacres of Bar XII. The Massacres of Lwow XIII. The Massacres of Narol XIV. The Massacres of Zamosc XV. The Second Massacre of Ostrog XVI. The Inner Life of the Jews in the Kingdom of PolandXVII. Notes

Biography

Hanover, Nathan