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The life and thought of Louis Lowy : social work through the Holocaust / Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella ; foreword by Joachim Wieler.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.C97 L694 2011
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LIBRA DS135.C97 L694 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse.
- Series:
- Religion, theology, and the Holocaust
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lowy, Louis.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--Biography.
- Jews.
- Jews, Czech--United States--Biography.
- Jews, Czech.
- Jewish refugees--Germany--Deggendorf--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Social workers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
- Social workers.
- Holocaust survivors--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Germany--Deggendorf.
- United States.
- Czech Republic--Prague.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 213 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- During his youth in Nazi Germany, international social worker and educator Louis Lowy (1920-1991) was held in the Terezin ghetto, where he illegally taught Jewish children and served as a youth leader. After the war, Lowy organized Jewish self-government at the Deggendorf Displaced Persons Center. Toward the end of his life, Lowy recorded 16 hours of testimony during nine interview sessions with his friend and colleague Leonard Bloksberg, describing his activities during the Holocaust era and the experiences that formed his later professional identity as a social worker. This book offers a narrative of Lowy's Holocaust memories within a larger historical framework, interweaving Lowy's oral testimony with the voices of three other Holocaust survivors who were in their teens when they were taught and mentored by Lowy. The book also draws on Lowy's books, lectures, personal papers, and correspondence. Author Gardella (social work, Saint Joseph College) attempts to let Lowy and the eyewitnesses speak for themselves with as little editorial interference as possible, but does provide historical background. An afterword discusses the Holocaust's lessons on social work with refugees and displaced persons. Historical b&w photos and maps are included. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- A European childhood
- The Terezin ghetto
- Escape from Auschwitz
- The social statesman
- Louis and Ditta
- Deggendorf Displaced Persons Center
- The making of a social worker
- A life's work
- Social work with refugees and displaced populations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815609650
- 0815609655
- OCLC:
- 713189562
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