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From hell to paradise / Jack Aizenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aizenberg, Jack, 1928- author.
- Manchester University Press, author, issuing body.
- Series:
- My Voice: the Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors Series
- My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aizenberg, Jack, 1928---Biography.
- Aizenberg, Jack.
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Personal narratives.
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp).
- HASAG-Colditz (Concentration camp)--Personal narratives.
- HASAG-Colditz (Concentration camp).
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)--Personal narratives.
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp).
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Death marches--Personal narratives.
- Death marches.
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- England--History, Local.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([178] pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- My voice : Jack Aizenberg
- Jack Aizenberg
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Biography/History:
- The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.
- Summary:
- Jack's book is part of the My Voice Project, a collection of firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. As a child, Jack experienced life in hiding, working in a munitions factory and in the harrowing conditions of concentration camps, before being brought to England after liberation.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- My Voice Project
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 - My family in Poland
- 2 - Café Isaac
- 3 - My Jewish education
- 4 - The Jewish religion anchored our lives
- 5 - The outbreak of war
- 6 - Escaping to Staszów
- 7 - Increased restrictions on Jews
- 8 - Hiding during the evacuation of Staszów
- 9 - Working in the ammunition factory in Kielce
- 10 - A missed liberation in Częstochowa
- 11 - Learning to survive in Buchenwald
- 12 - Working in Colditz
- 13 - The death march
- 14 - Liberation at Theresienstadt
- 15 - Freedom in beautiful Windermere
- 16 - Living in a hostel in Manchester
- 17 - England was paradise
- 18 - My first job and lodgings
- 19 - Marvellous America and my return to Manchester
- 20 - We worked day and night
- 21 - Marriage and children
- 22 - My surviving family
- 23 - Returning to Poland
- 24 - Chairman of the '45 Aid Society
- 25 - My reflections
- 26 - Postscript
- Glossary
- Transcript sources
- My Voice volunteers
- About The Fed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-9247-0
- 1-5261-9245-4
- OCLC:
- 1522767788
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