WIESEL, Elie.
The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1966.
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First Edition of The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry; Signed by Elie Wiesel
First edition of this powerful work by the Nobel Laureate. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Neal Kozodoy. Uncommon signed.
First published in 1966, after a reporting trip behind the Iron Curtain for an Israeli paper, this is Elie Wiesel’s call to action on the plight of Soviet Jews. A largely anecdotal account, Weisel talks both of the slow, spiritual starvation of Judaism and of his surprise at the many efforts he witnessed to keep Jewish culture and history alive (including an illegal underground translation of Night which he was shown). While the urgency sounds dated to contemporary ears, The Jews of Silence is particularly significant for its impact as the rallying cry which turned American Jewish attention to the Soviet situation.
The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry.
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