About This Project
The purpose of this project is to professionally translate Amdur, Mayn Geboyrn Shtetl (Amdur, My Hometown) into English. In the book, one of Amdur's former citizens, who emigrated to Argentina as a young man, recollects this typical shtetl's many interesting institutions and townspeople. As portions of the book are translated, they will be posted online, with highest priority given to biographical notes of townspeople.
Historical Significance
Amdur, today called Indura, is located in the northwestern corner of present-day Belarus, close to the borders of Lithuania and Poland. Between the 13th and 20th centuries, it was variously part of Lithuania, Poland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Belarus. During the 18th century, Amdur was an important seat of Lithuanian Jewry and was one of the meeting places of The Council of Four Lands, covering the large Jewish community in lands that are now part of Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania. At the beginning of the 20th Century, Amdur had a reported population of about 2,000 residents.
During World War II, the Nazis reportedly deported the Jewish population to various extermination camps. Amdur was the hometown of Chaim Cheikel Amdurer, an early Chassidic master. This book has biographical notes of Amdur's townspeople, making it a source of genealogical and family history not available anywhere else.
Project Details
Through this project, JewishGen will translate the 199 pages of Yiddish authored by Iedidio Efron and put them online. To accomplish that JewishGen will hire a professional translator. The project coordinator will select the order in which to translate the chapters and will work closely with the translator to ensure a grammatically correct and idiomatic translation. Specific tasks the project coordinator will perform include proofreading, editing, and preparing the work for submission to the Yizkor Book Project.
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