Thoughts of a Polish Jew

To Kasieka from Grandpa

AvArtur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki,Sergey R. Kravtsov

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Thoughts of a Polish Jew: To Kasie?ka from Grandpa is a document of a personal and family memory, authored by Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki (1890?1958) in 1944/45. This memoir, which was written in Polish and translated to English for the family circulation alone, now becomes a public asset. Lilien invites his new-born granddaughter to encounter her family, generations of Polish Jewry: merchants, lease-holders, bankers, industrialists, politicians, communal leaders, army officers, scholars, physicians, artists, and art collectors.They dwell in a broad Jewish and Christian world, integrated into the national life of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg Empire, and the Second Polish Republic. The reader is encouraged to enjoy reminiscences of this worthy life and bitter choices that challenged Polish—particularly Galician—Jewry in the twentieth century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-05-19
Mått:155 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:423 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Jews of Poland
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Academic Studies Press
ISBN:9781618114976
Översättare:Marya Lilien-Czarnecka, Joanna Grun

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Dr. Sergey R. Kravtsov is a researcher at the Center for Jewish Art, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was trained as an architect in his native Lviv, Ukraine, received his doctoral degree in architectural history in 1993, and has worked at the Hebrew University since 1994.

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“Memoirs can help understand the past, they can show how people have perceived their own past and they can lead readers to reconsider the past. This fascinating book does all three. The author wrote it for his granddaughter and now she is sharing this intimate document with the broader public. The story of her family, a rich and privileged one, challenges many popular assumptions about the Jewish experience in Poland and raises many questions—but gives no superficial answers. This is precisely what we expect from a good memoir—and this is a very good one.” —Shaul Stampfer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki and His Reminiscences by Sergey R. KravtsovTo Kasieńka from Grandpaby Artur Lilien-BrzozdowieckiEnglish translation by Marya Lilien-Czarnecka and Joanna GrunAppendix: Thoughts of a Polish Jewby Artur Lilien-BrzozdowieckiEnglish translation by Joanna Grun and Sergey R. KravtsovBibliographyIndex

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