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After Auschwitz : one man's story / Hermann Gruenwald ; as told to Bryan Demchinsky.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gruenwald, Hermann.
Contributor:
Demchinsky, Bryan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gruenwald, Hermann.
Holocaust survivors--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--Biography.
Holocaust survivors.
Businessmen--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--Biography.
Businessmen.
Jews--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--Biography.
Jews.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Clothing trade--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--History.
Clothing trade.
Montréal (Québec)--Biography.
Montréal (Québec).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2007]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Gruenwald paints his life story onto the larger canvas of some of the great conflicts and movements of the twentieth century. He offers a vivid portrayal of growing up affluent and Jewish in class-conscious Hungary in the interwar period and of the initial promise and disillusioning reality of Hungarian communism.
Contents:
Front Matter
Contents
Prelude
Preface
On the Beach
A Good Beginning
Rohod
The Day before Disaster
Into the Whirlwind
A Cook in Auschwitz
Life and Death Go On
Touching Bottom
Picking Up the Pieces
Making a Go of It
Out of Europe
Starting Over
On My Own
Adventures in the Garment Trade
Fitting In and Branching Out
The Real Estate Game
The Big Time
Taking Off in All Directions
Almost Losing It
All in the Family
Return to Auschwitz
Index
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9786612850301
9780773577305
0773577300
9781282850309
128285030X
9780773560369
077356036X
OCLC:
567922077

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