Chasia Bornstein Bielicka One Of The Few
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Chasia Bornstein Bielicka One Of The Few
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Author : Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Chasia Bornstein Bielicka One Of The Few written by Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Being Jewish In 21st Century Central Europe
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Author : Haim Fireberg
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-09-07
Being Jewish In 21st Century Central Europe written by Haim Fireberg and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-07 with History categories.
Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.
The Light Of Days
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Author : Judy Batalion
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-04-15
The Light Of Days written by Judy Batalion and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of the most important untold stories of World War II, The Light of Days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland - some still in their teens - became the heart of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis. With courage, guile and nerves of steel, these 'ghetto girls' smuggled guns in loaves of bread and coded intelligence messages in their plaited hair. They helped build life-saving systems of underground bunkers and sustained thousands of Jews in safe hiding places. They bribed Gestapo guards with liquor, assassinated Nazis and sabotaged German supply lines. The Light of Days at last reveals the real history of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. [A] powerful book . . . The actions of these young women, carefully brought back to life by Batalion, turn much of what we believe we know about the Holocaust on its head. -- Jenni Frazer ? Jewish Chronicle Remarkable and inspiring . . . thanks to Judy's meticulous research, these near century old stories of resistance in the face of overwhelming odds are about to be read once again ? Daily Express
A Woman Of Valor
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Author : Fred Skolnik
language : en
Publisher: Histria Books
Release Date : 2022-10-04
A Woman Of Valor written by Fred Skolnik and has been published by Histria Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-04 with Fiction categories.
A Woman of Valor is a monumental family saga that is in effect a history of the Jews in the twentieth century. It centers around a heroine who grows up in Bialystok, survives the Holocaust fighting in the Underground, and rebuilds her family in Israel. The Lefkovitzes are a well-to-do family of five brothers and sisters and sixteen children operating a textile factory that employs 100 Poles and Jews. Emma Lefkovitz, the first grandchild, is born in September 1920 in Independent Poland a month after the Russians are driven out. The children grow up in an often hostile environment but the family flourishes. Then the war breaks out and the long nightmare begins. When the ghetto is liquidated in August 1943, Emma and her husband fight in the uprising, but it is easily suppressed and they flee to the forest to join the partisans. After the war, Emma and her husband, Yoel, make their way to Palestine with other family survivors. In the 1948 war, Emma fights in the Old City of Jerusalem. Yoel fights in the north and is killed. Emma gives birth to a boy, Zvi, then marries the kibbutz accountant and moves to Tel Aviv. She has two more children but in the 1967 war her son Zvi is killed in action. After the war the family continues to grow, experiencing the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. Emma dies at the age of 80. Someone counts the family members at the graveside. The number comes to 150. These are, in one form or another, the Lefkovizes in the year 2000.This is a unique and profoundly moving story. Rarely has ordinary family life been depicted with such verisimilitude, and certainly not in the shadow of horrendous war. The triumph of the Lefkovitzes is not only the triumph of a family. It is also the triumph of a nation.
Once We Were Home
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Author : Jennifer Rosner
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2023-03-14
Once We Were Home written by Jennifer Rosner and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-14 with Fiction categories.
National Jewish Book Award Finalist · Jewish Fiction Award Honor Book "This forgotten history of displaced WWII children and the return to their roots [is] captivating, thought-provoking, enlightening, and bittersweet." ―Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist "Rosner is one of my favorite authors." ―Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author of Eternal From the award-winning author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. When your past is stolen, where do you belong? Ana will never forget her mother’s face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother’s death, Renata’s grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home.
The Cyprus Detention Camps
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Author : Yitzhak Teutsch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-23
The Cyprus Detention Camps written by Yitzhak Teutsch and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with History categories.
Beginning in August 1946, stateless and visaless Jews—most of them survivors of the Nazi death camps—who sought to immigrate to the Land of Israel were intercepted by the Royal Navy and deported to the nearby island of Cyprus, where they were detained in camps surrounded by barbed wire. Despite occupying a dramatic and fateful position in modern history, this saga has remained largely inaccessible due to the widespread dispersal of the primary sources and the linguistic difficulties presented by them. To address these problems, this book scrutinizes the scholarly literature, consulting hundreds of primary sources—many of them previously unknown—on three continents, bringing together interviews with scores of eyewitnesses, and translating foreign-language terms into English. The result is a comprehensive, meticulously footnoted guide that uses such tools as maps, a detailed timeline, and biographical entries to make this riveting saga accessible to a broad audience of scholars and general readers.
Borderland Generation
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Author : Jeffrey Koerber
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-06
Borderland Generation written by Jeffrey Koerber and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Social Science categories.
Despite their common heritage, Jews born and raised on opposite sides of the Polish-Soviet border during the interwar period acquired distinct beliefs, values, and attitudes. Variances in civic commitment, school lessons, youth activities, religious observance, housing arrangements, and perceptions of security deeply influenced these adolescents who would soon face a common enemy. Set in two cities flanking the border, Grodno in the interwar Polish Republic and Vitebsk in the Soviet Union, Borderland Generation traces the prewar and wartime experiences of young adult Jews raised under distinct political and social systems. Each cohort harnessed the knowledge and skills attained during their formative years to seek survival during the Holocaust through narrow windows of chance. Antisemitism in Polish Grodno encouraged Jewish adolescents to seek the support of their peers in youth groups. Across the border to the east, the Soviet system offered young Vitebsk Jews opportunities for advancement not possible in Poland, but only if they integrated into the predominantly Slavic society. These backgrounds shaped responses during the Holocaust. Grodno Jews deported to concentration camps acted in continuity with prewar social behaviors by forming bonds with other prisoners. Young survivors among Vitebsk’s Jews often looked to survive by posing under false identities as Belarusians, Russians, or Tatars. Tapping archival resources in six languages, Borderland Generation offers an original and groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which young Polish and Soviet Jews fought for survival and the complex impulses that shaped their varying methods.
Figlie Della Resistenza
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Author : Judy Batalion
language : it
Publisher: Edizioni Mondadori
Release Date : 2023-01-10
Figlie Della Resistenza written by Judy Batalion and has been published by Edizioni Mondadori this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-10 with History categories.
Varsavia, 1943. Dopo aver assistito alla brutale uccisione di famigliari e vicini e alla violenta distruzione delle loro comunità, decine di giovani donne ebree - alcune ancora adolescenti - si organizzarono in un vero e proprio movimento di resistenza femminile antinazista. In veste di corrieri, combattenti armate, agenti dei servizi segreti e sabotatrici, queste «ragazze del ghetto» rischiarono la propria vita con coraggio e nervi d'acciaio. Corruppero guardie della Gestapo, nascosero pistole in pagnotte e aiutarono a costruire reti di ricoveri sotterranei. Sedussero ufficiali nazisti per poi ucciderli, svolsero missioni di spionaggio per Mosca, distribuirono documenti falsi e volantini, rivelarono al mondo ciò che stava accadendo agli ebrei. Compirono attentati alle linee ferroviarie tedesche e fecero saltare le reti elettriche. Assistettero i malati e aiutarono gli ebrei a fuggire dai ghetti. Scrissero bollettini per le radio clandestine, negoziarono con i proprietari terrieri polacchi e si occuparono di gran parte dell'amministrazione della resistenza. Tuttavia questa straordinaria pagina di Storia è rimasta a lungo dimenticata e finora quasi sconosciuta. Judy Batalion, studiosa canadese e nipote di sopravvissuti all'Olocausto, oggi la riporta alla luce. Attraverso una pluralità di fonti - diari, testimonianze, memorie, interviste, documenti d'archivio e saggi - ricostruisce la storia di Renia Kukiełka, Frumka Płotnicka, Tosia Altman, Chajka Klinger, Ruzka Korczak e Vitka Kempner. Sono solo alcune delle centinaia di attiviste cadute nell'oblio che operarono in oltre novanta ghetti dell'Europa orientale e nelle principali città polacche, e alle quali il lavoro di Batalion restituisce un'adeguata dignità storiografica, riscrivendo efficacemente la tradizionale narrativa dell'Olocausto. Figlie della resistenza rivela una storia vera e potente. Un racconto di guerra, lotta per la libertà, coraggio, amicizia femminile e sopravvivenza.
Resilience And Courage
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Author : Nechama Tec
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Resilience And Courage written by Nechama Tec and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
"In this, Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, vivid individual stories blend effortlessly with detailed comparisons of wartime experiences of women and men. The result is a gripping account of the distinct coping strategies and ultimate fate of each sex." "Did women and men react differently under extreme conditions? Tec seeks answers by examining their experiences in a variety of Holocaust settings - during the initial stage of German occupation and in the ghettos, the Nazi concentration and death camps, the illegal Christian world, underground movements, and the forests. She shows how in each of these environments the women and men negotiated the rough terrain of a coercive and oppressive society. The Holocaust gender tapestry is complex, and this book carefully illuminates its varied strands."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Re Examining The Holocaust Through Literature
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Author : Aukje Kluge
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-03-26
Re Examining The Holocaust Through Literature written by Aukje Kluge and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-26 with History categories.
In the late 1980s, Holocaust literature emerged as a provocative, but poorly defined, scholarly field. The essays in this volume reflect the increasingly international and pluridisciplinary nature of this scholarship and the widening of the definition of Holocaust literature to include comic books, fiction, film, and poetry, as well as the more traditional diaries, memoirs, and journals. Ten contributors from four countries engage issues of authenticity, evangelicalism, morality, representation, personal experience, and wish-fulfillment in Holocaust literature, which have been the subject of controversies in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Of interest to students and instructors of antisemitism, national and comparative literatures, theater, film, history, literary criticism, religion, and Holocaust studies, this book also contains an extensive bibliography with references in over twenty languages which seeks to inspire further research in an international context.