Every day lasts a year : a Jewish family's correspondence from Poland / introduced and edited by Christopher R. Browning, Richard S. Hollander, Nechama Tec ; annotated by Craig Hollander, Christopher R. Browning.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollander, Richard S., editor.

Browning, Christopher R., editor.

Tec, Nechama, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hollander, Joseph Arthur.

Jews--United States--Correspondence.

Jews.

Jews, Polish--United States--Correspondence.

Jews, Polish.

Jewish refugees--United States--Correspondence.

Jewish refugees.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Poland--Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Author Richard S. Hollander was devastated when his parents were killed in an automobile accident in 1986. While rummaging through their attic, he discovered letters from a family he never knew - his father's mother, three sisters, and their husbands and children. The letters, neatly stacked in a briefcase, were written from Krakow, Poland, between 1939 and 1942. They depict day-to-day life under the most extraordinary pain and stress. At the same time, Richard's father, Joseph Hollander, was fighting the United States government to avoid deportation and death. Richard was astounded to learn that his father saved the lives of many Polish Jews, but - despite heroic efforts - could not save his family.

Contents:

People Frequently Mentioned in the Correspondence xi

Photograph Gallery xiv

Part 1 Joseph's Story

Part 2 Cracow

Part 3 The Letters.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18546-7

9786612001154

0-511-47949-2

1-282-00115-9

0-511-55103-7

0-511-48029-6

0-511-47709-0

0-511-47564-0

0-511-47861-5

OCLC:

437089916