Digest, August-September 1983

Contents: Us and the outside world. Acts of antisemitism in the USA -- War and the Holocaust. The political commissar of Submarine Shch-204 -- People of mixed heritage, quadroons, and octoroons in Nazi Germany -- Report by an Auschwitz midwife -- Statistics and facts. Israel’s population -- Athletes from the village of Waldheim -- A "linguistic circle" in Odessa -- "The thread winds on" -- Distinctive features. Surnames derived from the names of shtetls -- From previously published works. S. Y. Witte and the Jewish question