In these riveting, first hand accounts,yeshivah students of yesteryear vividly portray life in the small towns and yeshivos of Eastern Europe.

 

Whether in Kamenitz, Lublin, Pressburg or Vilna mdash& Mir,Warsaw, Nitra or Slabodka mdash& Kelm, Shurayn, Telz or Marienbad mdash& the strength of spirit and deep set emunah they imbibed in the yeshivah walls prepared them to withstand the spiritual challenges posed by the powerful currents sweeping Jewish communities wordwide: mdash& the tribulations of war, Kovno and Lodz ghettos, life in Siberia and on the steppes of Asia, and even in the countries where they eventually settled.