Surviving Theresienstadt

A Teenager's Memoir of the Holocaust

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

After the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939, Vera Schiff and her family were sent to Theresienstadt. Touted as the "model ghetto" for propaganda purposes, as well as to deceive Red Cross inspectors, it was in fact a holding camp for famous Jews--in case the world was to inquire. For most, however, it was the last stop on the way to the gas chambers. Those "lucky" enough to remain alive faced slave labor, starvation and disease.Shiff's intimate narrative of endurance recounts her and her family's three years in Theresienstadt, the challenges of life under postwar communism, and her escape to the nascent and turbulent state of Israel.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-06-04
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:267
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476685557

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Mer om författaren

The late Vera Schiff was a Holocaust survivor, educator and award winning author. In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate of Letters from the University of New Brunswick for her contributions to the field. In 2020 she was awarded the Order of Canada for her illustrious career as an author, historian and public speaker who was nationally recognized for sharing her moving experiences of the Holocaust. Cheryl A. Fury is a history professor at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in Canada. She has authored and edited a number of works on the social history of English seafarers.

Recensioner i media

From the first edition: Winner, Elie Wiesel Prize in Holocaust Memoir—The Canadian Jewish Book Awards

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Beginning2. Time Is Running Out3. German Invasion and Occupation4. Our Struggle for Survival5. Trapped6. The Fatal Blow7. The Loss of Dr. Tarjan8. From Bad to Worse9. The Incredible Selection10. Beautification—The Great Charade11. Theresienstadt in Its Death Throes12. Liberation13. Prague—194514. How Did It Happen and How to Go on from Here?15. On the Road to Recovery16. Takeover by the Red Dictatorship17. Departure from EuropeEpilogueFinal Postscript—2021Index