Landestreu An Odyssey
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Landestreu An Odyssey
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Author : Norman J. Threinen
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2017-04-13
Landestreu An Odyssey written by Norman J. Threinen and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-13 with History categories.
The eighteenth century saw Prussia, Russia, and Austria competing for prominence in Central and Eastern Europe. Each sought to expand its territory by annexing weaker states. This led to the first partition of Poland in 1772 and subsequently to invitations from the three great powers to land-hungry farmers in German territories to move to their recently-acquired territories. Norman Threinen relates the story of one of his ancestors, Magnus Nerbass, who answered Austria's call for colonists for its new province of Galicia. His life and that of his descendants over the following hundred years in the village of Landestreu is the focus of the first part of the book. When Landestreu could not accommodate the succeeding generation, colonists looked to nearby Bukovina for new opportunities. Soon a cluster of colonies arose which centred in Katharinendorf. Also attracted were colonists from central Bukovina, including another of Threinen's ancestors, Philipp Brandt. As news of cheap land in Western Canada reached this cluster of colonies, Brandt and his five daughters and their spouses lead the movement to a new Landestreu in Eastern Saskatchewan, constituted not by a village but a church community.
A Sower Went Out
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Author : Norman J. Threinen
language : en
Publisher: Regina : Manitoba and Saskatchewan District
Release Date : 1982
A Sower Went Out written by Norman J. Threinen and has been published by Regina : Manitoba and Saskatchewan District this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Canada categories.
Haapala
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Author : Mordechay Naor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Haapala written by Mordechay Naor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Aliyah Bet (1933-1948) categories.
The Jewish Case
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Author : Christian Council on Palestine
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
The Jewish Case written by Christian Council on Palestine and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Ambiguity Of Virtue
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Author : Bernard Wasserstein
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-31
The Ambiguity Of Virtue written by Bernard Wasserstein and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In May 1941, Gertrude van Tijn arrived in Lisbon on a mission of mercy from German-occupied Amsterdam. She came with Nazi approval to the capital of neutral Portugal to negotiate the departure from Hitler’s Europe of thousands of German and Dutch Jews. Was this middle-aged Jewish woman, burdened with such a terrible responsibility, merely a pawn of the Nazis, or was her journey a genuine opportunity to save large numbers of Jews from the gas chambers? In such impossible circumstances, what is just action, and what is complicity? A moving account of courage and of all-too-human failings in the face of extraordinary moral challenges, The Ambiguity of Virtue tells the story of Van Tijn’s work on behalf of her fellow Jews as the avenues that might save them were closed off. Between 1933 and 1940 Van Tijn helped organize Jewish emigration from Germany. After the Germans occupied Holland, she worked for the Nazi‐appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam and enabled many Jews to escape. Some later called her a heroine for the choices she made; others denounced her as a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein’s haunting narrative draws readers into the twilight world of wartime Europe, to expose the wrenching dilemmas that confronted Jews under Nazi occupation. Gertrude van Tijn’s experience raises crucial questions about German policy toward the Jews, about the role of the Jewish Council, and about Dutch, American, and British responses to the persecution and mass murder of Jews on an unimaginable scale.