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Holocaust survival in Antwerp : on foreign soil / Alter Kleiman ; edited and translated by Jeff Kleiman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kleiman, Alter, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Oyf fremder erd. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Belgium--Antwerp--Biography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 165 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Yiddish.
- Contents:
- Hiding in a hole
- Belgium and Poland
- The years 1937 and 1938
- The flood of Jewish immigrants to Belgium
- Zalman Rubashov Warns the Jews in Belgium
- The Germans attack Belgium
- Back in Antwerp
- America takes part in the war
- The yellow patch and other troubles
- The Jewish race in Charleroi
- Whether or not to obey a summons
- In the camp
- The murderous hunger
- Escape : the only way out
- The prayer
- The test landing at Dieppe
- My plan to return home
- Antwerp : a cemetery for the Jews
- They took away my wife and child
- Charleroi, a "garden of eden"
- The tomb at Marc's
- Jewish neighbors
- In the tomb it becomes tight and dangerous
- The risky trip back to Antwerp
- Hunger and first contact with the underground movement
- The Belgians awaken
- The pains from a toothache
- Germans, get out!
- Hopes and troubles
- Jewish persecution : the last "heroism" of the Germans
- Shadows from the world
- A Catholic priest who rescued Jews and cared for the children with Yiddishkeit
- Life must go on [Sept./ Oct. 1944]
- A priest makes a sermon for Musaf (a Yom Kippur prayer)
- The last gasp of Hitler's army.
- Notes:
- English translation of Oyf fremder erd.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 10, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kleiman, Alter. Holocaust survival in Antwerp
- ISBN:
- 1666907944
- 9781666907940
- Publisher Number:
- 40031638753
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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