5. “That a Future Generation Will Know” Narrating History in Book, Tale, and Song

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Note on Transliterations and Names xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction. That Children “Will Rise Up to Tell Their Children” 1
7. 1. “Metropolis of Jews’ Streets” Shapes of Prague Memory in Jewish Town and Jewish Time 11
8. 2. “Death Entered into Our Window” Living and Dead in Cemetery and Synagogue 47
9. 3. “A Remembrance for Me and My Descendants” Autobiographical Writing and Familial Commemoration 83
10. 4. “Established the Day” Authorship, Communal Authority, and Local Traditions 117
11. 5. “That a Future Generation Will Know” Narrating History in Book, Tale, and Song 136
12. 6. “In the Language People Understand” Print and Manuscript; Vernacular and Sacred; Women and Men 168
13. Conclusion. “No Need to Name It All”: Toward a History of Forgetting 187
14. Notes 203
15. Selected Bibliography 265
16. Index 289