The Pit and the Trap: A Chronicle of Survival

18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. See the "About" tab for details.

Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Three photographs of European Jews taken in the early 1910s. See the "About" tab for details.

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Title

The Pit and the Trap: A Chronicle of Survival

Author/Originator

Rochman (Rokhman), Leyb (1918-1978)

Year of Publication/Creation

1983

Place of Publication/Creation

New York

Language(s)

English

Geographic Places

Minsk Mazowiecki (Nowo-Minsk, Minsk-Mazovyetsk, Novominsk, Klayn-Mintsk), Poland (p. 51)

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Most of his memoirs takes places in hiding in various unnamed villages. He was also interned at a camp maintained on the grounds of the Kopernik school in Minsk Mazowiecki.

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