..". by reconstructing the history/experience of Brzezany in Jewish, Ukrainian, and Polish memories Redlich] has produced a beautiful parallel narrative of a world that was lost three times over.... a truly wonderful achievement." --Jan T. Gross, author of Neighbors

Shimon Redlich draws on the historical record, his own childhood memories, and interviews with Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians who lived in the small eastern Polish town of Brzezany to construct this account of the changing relationships among the town's three ethnic groups before, during, and after World War II. He details...