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Odessa : genius and death in a city of dreams

text Odessa : genius and death in a city of dreams

Summary

Describes the vibrant Black Sea port city of Odessa and the thriving Jewish population that included Alexander Pushkin, Isaac Babel, and Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky, and examines the mass murders of the Romanian occupation during World War II.

Contents
pt. 1. City of dreams -- The sinister shore -- Potemkin and the mercenaries -- Beacon -- The governor and the poet -- "There is nothing national about Odessa" -- pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty -- Schemes and shadows -- Blood and vengeance -- Ne... Read more
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336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co. 2011

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 947.7 KIN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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