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So We Died : A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania - Levi Shalit

So We Died

A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania

By: Levi Shalit, Veronica Belling (Translator), Ellen Cassedy (Translator), Andrew Cassel (Translator), Justin Cammy

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In the shadow of death, Levi Shalit wrote to remember—so we would never forget.

So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of ?iauliai, Lithuania (Azoy zaynen mir geshtorbn) is a powerful eyewitness account of the Shavl ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania. Written in Yiddish by Levi Shalit and available now for the first time in English, the work fills a stark void in historical records.

Shalit divided his work into four sections. In the first, he describes the German invasion of ?iauliai, the murder of thousands of Jews in the city and surrounding countryside, and the forced relocation of the surviving Jews into the Shavl ghetto. In the second, he describes daily life in the ghetto in engrossing detail. In the third, titled "The Masada Book," Shalit describes ghetto residents' attempt to organize a resistance group of which he himself was a member. In the fourth, he narrates the transformation of the ghetto into a concentration camp and the seizure and deportation of the community's children.

Few accounts of the Shavl ghetto survived the war. Shalit's work offers English-language readers a rare insight into a vital chapter of history. The translators artfully reveal Shalit's literary prowess and the ways he illuminated the Shavl ghetto's daily struggles, false hopes, and atrocities.

More than an account of a previously overlooked episode in Holocaust history, So We Died is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of unspeakable tragedy. It offers keen insight into a time of war, fascism, and resistance. A must-read for anyone seeking understanding and remembrance.

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