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Communist Poland : a Jewish woman's experience / Sara Nomberg-Przytyk ; edited by Holli Levitsky, Justyna Włodarczyk ; translated by Paula F. Parsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara, author.
- Levitsky, Holli, author.
- Wlodarczyk, Justyna, author.
- Series:
- Lexington studies in Jewish literature.
- Lexington studies in Jewish literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara, 1915-1996.
- Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara.
- Journalists--Poland--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Jews--Social conditions.
- Communism.
- Communism--Poland--History.
- Women--Poland--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Jews--Poland--Social conditions.
- Jews.
- Poland--History--1945-.
- Poland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryland : Lexington Books, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- "This annotated edition of Holocaust survivor Sara Nomberg-Przytyk's postwar memoir follows her life as an investigative journalist during the emergence and deterioration of the communist state in Poland. Once a devoted communist herself, Nomberg-Przytyk recounts how antisemitism and government corruption shattered her illusions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 My First Day in the New Poland Chapter 2 A Piece of White Bread Chapter 3 An Armed Soldier at the Door of the Party Committee of Lublin Chapter 4 A Parade of People and Portraits Chapter 5 My First Victory Chapter 6 I Meet My Destined One Chapter 7 Small Candles Among the Ruins Chapter 8 Old Friends in the New Poland Chapter 9 The Kielce Pogrom Chapter 10 You Don't Know Me Chapter 11 A New Job Chapter 12 Why We Needed a 99% Majority in the Elections Chapter 13 Tell Me-Is It Possible? Chapter 14 The Miracle in Lublin Chapter 15 The Ruins of the War Will Disappear; In Their Places New Houses Will Stand Chapter 16 You Are Going to Die Chapter 17 I Want To, But My Wife Doesn't Chapter 18 The Light in the Shadows of the New Times Chapter 19 Threat of Provocation Looming Over My Head Chapter 20 The Death of a Dictator Chapter 21 Nothing has Changed - 'The Jews are Guilty' Chapter 22 Opportunism Wins Out Chapter 23 At the New Job Chapter 24 In the Chains of Bureaucracy Chapter 25 New Schools and Water in Peasant Houses - Optimistic Accents in the 1960s Chapter 26 Is This the Role of a Journalist in Poland? Chapter 27 My First Book Chapter 28 The Pillars of Samson Chapter 29 Jews in Auschwitz Chapter 30 The Six-Day War Chapter 31 Feelings of Terror and Insecurity Return Chapter 32 The Polish Spring of 1968 Chapter 33 A Beilis-like Trial Against My Husband Chapter 34 We Can No Longer Eat Bread Full of Worms Chapter 35 As Though After a Pogrom Chapter 36 The Last Stage of Our Exodus Chapter 37 On the Road Chapter 38 The Day of Escape for Jews in Poland Epilogue I am at Home
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781666987867
- 1666987867
- 9781498577519
- 1498577512
- OCLC:
- 1291600314
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