History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day, credited to Simon Dubnow, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow. (Translated by Israel Friedlaender.) Read in English by S S Kim Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an activist. Due to his Jewish origin, he had to move to St.Petersburg, Odessa, Vilna(Lithuania), St.Petersburg, Kaunas, Berlin and finally Riga. When Nazi troops occupied Latvia 1941, he was moved with thousands of other Jews to Riga ghetto and was eventually killed. His life is a symbol of Jewish suffering in Eastern Europe. In this book Jews have been migrating from Germany and other European countries to Poland since late middle ages where they were protected by Polish kings mainly for their economic contribution, but frequently persecuted by Christians whenever there were pretexts or kings' power was not strong enough to protect Jews. After Poland was annexed by Russia in late 18C they became object of systematic persecution by Russian government. This tragedy is parallel to the life of the author culminating at Nazi Holocaust. - Summary by S. S Kim

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day
• Author credits: Simon Dubnow
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 5:45:03

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 31, The Accession of Nicholas II, Part 1 — 32:14
2. 02 - Chapter 31. The Accession of Nicholas II, Part 2 — 20:50
3. 03 - Chapter 31. The Accession of Nicholas II, Part 3 — 18:01
4. 04 - Chapter 32. The National Awakening, Part 1 — 25:10
5. 05 - Chapter 32. The National Awakening, Part 2 — 28:30
6. 06 - Chapter 33. The Kishinev Massacre, Part 1 — 21:18
7. 07 - Chapter 33. The Kishinev Massacre, Part 2 — 20:47
8. 08 - Chapter 34. Continued Pogroms and the Russo-Japanese War, Part 1 — 21:51
9. 09 - Chapter 34. The Continued Pogroms and the Russo-Japanese War, Part 2 — 15:47
10. 10 - Chapter 35. The Revolution of 1905 and the Fight for Emancipation, Part 1 — 18:18
11. 11 - Chapter 35. The Revolution of 1905 and the Fight for Emancipation, Part 2 — 21:29
12. 12 - Chapter 36. The Counter-Revolution and October Massacre, Part 1 — 16:29
13. 13 - Chapter 36. The Counter-Revolution and October Massacre, Part 2 — 26:09
14. 14 - Chapter 37. External Oppression and Internal Consolidation, Part 1 — 20:24
15. 15 - Chapter 37. External Oppression and Internal Consolidation, Part 2 — 25:04
16. 16 - Russian Jewry Since 1911 — 12:42

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