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Fiet's vase and other stories of survival, Europe 1939-1945 / Alison Leslie Gold.
LIBRA D804.3 .G64 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gold, Alison Leslie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography.
- Jews.
- Europe.
- Jews--Europe--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
- Memory.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, [2003]
- Summary:
- In Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival, Europe 1939-1945, Alison Leslie Gold links together harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of World War II. Meditating on such themes as kindness, love, and art, these stories shed light on the various strengths that people drew on in a dark period of human history. From a young Jewish woman who defied death to keep the promise she had made to her dead mother to protect her baby sister, to a Berlin boy, the son of a Nazi, who separated from his father to discover a lifelong passion for the theater, the experiences of the individuals recounted here offer a rare glimpse at the personal face of war. How was it possible to survive the terror of these years: what hidden reserves did people summon in order to carry on? The voices contained in this book offer poignant answers to these still deeply relevant questions. A testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit, Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival uncovers the glowing sparks of hope and human kindness that sustained people through this tragic era.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Archaeology of Survival 1
- Unusual Resolve 11
- Iakovos Kambanellis 11
- Leo Bretholz 22
- Rudolf Vrba 37
- Family Bonds 53
- Rena Kornreich 53
- Romain Gary 62
- Human Kindness 71
- Eric Newby 72
- Ruth Jacobsen 79
- Solly Genkind 85
- Uncanny Luck 105
- Nahum Kohn 105
- Kati Kadelburger 113
- Jules Schelvis 119
- Supernatural Factors 125
- Joseph Bau 126
- Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches 137
- Part 2 What Slipped Through the Fingers of Death 149
- The Survival of Literature 155
- The Survival of Theater 159
- Benno Meyer-Wehlack 159
- The Survival of Art 169
- Karl Sirovy 169
- The Survival of Love 176
- Simon and Cyla Wiesenthal 176
- The Survival of Music 199
- Wladyslaw Szpilman 199
- The Survival of Sense 210
- Gloria Lyon 210
- The Survival of Memory 218
- Adina Blady Szwajger 218
- Zahava Bromberg 223
- Afterword: Remembrance 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241).
- ISBN:
- 1585422592
- OCLC:
- 52107730
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