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Ester and Ruzya : how my grandmothers survived Hitler's war and Stalin's peace / Masha Gessen.
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- Author/Creator:
- Gessen, M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gessen, Ester, 1923-.
- Gessen, Ester.
- Solodovnik, Rozalia, 1920-.
- Solodovnik, Rozalia.
- Jews, Soviet--Biography.
- Jews, Soviet.
- Jews--Poland--Biography.
- Jews.
- Grandmothers.
- Jews, Polish.
- Poland.
- Soviet Union.
- Jews, Polish--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Grandmothers--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Dial Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- The author provides a dual portrait of her two Jewish grandmothers--the rebellious Ester, who risked her life for the sake of her principles, and Ruzya, a censor under the Stalinist regime--who survived both the anti-Semitic cataclysm of the Holocaust and the terror of Stalinism.
- Contents:
- Dreams, 1920-1941
- War, 1941-1942
- Survival, 1942-1943
- Jakub, 1941-1943
- Secrets, 1943-1953
- Stalin's funeral, 1953-1959
- Family, 1958-1987.
- Notes:
- National Jewish Book Awards - Biography and Autobiography, Winner, 2005
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gessen, Masha. Ester and Ruzya.
- ISBN:
- 0385336047
- 9780385336048
- OCLC:
- 54529515
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- Publisher description
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