History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (1825 - 1894)
Simon Dubnow
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Length 15 h 39 min
Chapters 33
First published 1918
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became an authority of Jewish history and an activist. Due to his Jewish origin, he had to move to St. Petersburg, Odessa, Vilna (Lithuania), St. Petersburg (2nd time), Kaunas (Lithuania), Berlin and finally Riga (Latvia) after Hitler came to power. When Nazi troops occupied Latvia 1941, he was moved with thousands of other Jews to the Riga ghetto and was eventually killed. His life is a symbol of Jewish suffering in Eastern Europe in the first half of 20 century. Jews have been migrating from Germany and other European countries to Poland since the late middle ages where they were protected by Polish kings mainly for their economic contribution, but frequently persecuted by Christians whenever there was a pretext or the king's power was not strong enough. After Poland was annexed by Russia in the late 18th century, they became the object of systematic persecution by Russian government. This tragedy is parallel to the life of the author culminating in the Nazi Holocaust. - Summary by S S Kim
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Chapter 13. The Military Despotism of Nicholas I, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 20:47
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Chapter 13. The Military Despotism of Nicholas I, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 25:49
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Chapter 13. The Military Despotism of Nicholas I, Part 3 Read by S S Kim 25:54
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Chapter 14. Compulsory Enlightenment and Increased Oppression, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 30:58
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Chapter 14. Compulsory Enlightenment and Increased Oppression, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 30:32
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Chapter 14. Compulsory Enlightenment and Increased Oppression, Part 3 Read by S S Kim 34:40
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Chapter 15. The Jews in The Kingdom of Poland, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 28:55
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Chapter 15. The Jews in the Kingdom of Poland, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 22:36
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Chapter 16. The Inner Life of Russian Jewry during the Period of Military Despotism, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 31:43
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Chapter 16. The Inner Life of Russian Jewry during the Period of Military Despotism, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 31:21
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Chapter 17. The Last Years of Nicholas I Read by S S Kim 30:41
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Chapter 18, The Era of Reforms under Alexander II, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 42:20
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Chapter 18. The Era of Reforms under Alexander II, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 25:19
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Chapter 19. The Reaction under Alexander II, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 34:03
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Chapter 19. The Reaction under Alexander II, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 17:15
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Chapter 20. The Inner Life of Russian Jewry during the Reign of Alexander II, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 36:11
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Chapter 20. The Inner Life of Russian Jewry during the Reign of Alexander II, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 26:09
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Chapter 20. The Inner Life of Russian Jewry during the Reign of Alexander II, Part 3 Read by S S Kim 21:25
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Chapter 21. The Accession of Alexander III and the Inauguration Pogroms Read by S S Kim 37:52
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Chapter 22. The Anti-Jewish Policies of Ignatyev, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 24:31
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Chapter 22, The Anti-Jewish Policies of Ignatyev, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 32:34
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Chapter 23. New Measures of Oppression and Public Protests, Part 1 Read by S S Kim 29:22
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Chapter 23. New Measures of Oppression and Public Protests, Part 2 Read by S S Kim 25:19
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Chapter 24. Legislative Pogroms Read by S S Kim 32:39
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Chapter 25. Inner Upheavals Read by S S Kim 26:19
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Chapter 26. Increased Jewish Disabilities, Part 1, 1. The Pahlen Commission and New Schemes of Oppression, 2. Jewish Disabilities Outside the Pale Read by S S Kim 27:17
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Chapter 26. Increased Jewish Disabilities, Part 2, 3. Restrictions in Education and in the Legal Profession, 4. Discrimination in Military Service Read by S S Kim 21:37
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Chapter 27. Russian Reaction and Jewish emigration, Part 1, 1. Aftermath of the Pogrom Policy, 2. The Conclusions of Pahlen Commission Read by S S Kim 27:50
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Chapter 27. Russian Reaction and Jewish emigration, Part 2, 3. The Triumph of Reaction, 4. American and Palestinian Emigration Read by S S Kim 20:15
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Chapter 28. The Judaeophobia Triumph, Part 1, 1. Intensified Reaction, 2. Continued Harassing Read by S S Kim 24:34
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Chapter 28. The Judaeophobia Triumph, Part 2, 3. The Guildhall Meeting in London, 4. The Protest of America Read by S S Kim 23:28
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Chapter 29. The Expulsion from Moscow Read by S S Kim 34:11
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Chapter 30. Baron Hirsch's Emigration Scheme and Unrelieved Suffering Read by S S Kim 34:55
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