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The Heavens Are Empty

Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod

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The Heavens Are Empty

Written by: Avrom Bendavid-Val
Narrated by: Marc Cashman
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A magical place, a lost history: Trochenbrod, the setting for Everything Is Illuminated , is now rediscovered for a new generation.

Trochenbrod was the only freestanding, fully realized Jewish town in history. It began with a few Jewish settlers searching for freedom from the Russian Czars’ oppressive policies, which included the forced conscriptions of one son from each Jewish family household throughout Russia. This scene of ethnic harmony was soon shattered, as Trochenbrod vanished in 1941 - her residents slaughtered, her homes, buildings, and factories razed to the ground.

Yet even the Nazis could not destroy the spirit of Trochenbrod, which has lived on in stories and legends about a little piece of heaven, hidden deep in the forest.

©2010 Avrom Bendavid-Val (P)2013 Audible, Inc. 20th Century Americas Judaism Military Modern Russia United States Wars & Conflicts World War Holocaust

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