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After Auschwitz : one man's story / Hermann Gruenwald ; as told to Bryan Demchinsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gruenwald, Hermann.
- 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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