Yitskhok rudashevski biography of william hill
Vilna Ghetto Diary of Yitskhok Rudashevski - YIVO!
Yitskhok rudashevski biography of william hill
The Discovery of a Jewish Teenager’s Holocaust Diary Reveals How Songs, Jokes and Stories Served as Cultural Resistance
Folklore may arise from anywhere and everywhere, even catastrophe. Known sometimes as the folklore of tragedy or the folklore of disaster, these tales have come from the chaos of no man’s land in World War I, the grim uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic and even the horrors of the Holocaust in Europe between 1933 and 1945.
In such cases, folklore helps to maintain and build the stability, solidarity, cohesiveness and continuity of those affected by the tragedy or disaster.
One remarkable mention of folklore from the Holocaust appears in the exhibition “Yitskhok Rudashevski: A Teenager’s Account of Life and Death in the Vilna Ghetto.” Launched in July 2024 by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, a Smithsonian Affiliate, it’s the second exhibition in the YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum.
Yitskhok Rudashevski was born in Vilna on December