No time to mourn : the true story of a Jewish partisan fighter / Leon Kahn ; as told to Marjorie Morris ; introduction by Allan Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Leon, 1925-2003, author.

Contributor:

Morris, Marjorie, contributor.

Levine, Allan, writer of foreword.

Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kahn, Leon, 1925-2003.

Kahn, Leon.

Jews--Lithuania--Eišiškės--Biography.

Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.

World War, 1939-1945.

Eišiškės (Lithuania)--Ethnic relations.

Eišiškės (Lithuania).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press : Vancouver Holocaust Education Society, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Growing up Jewish in the little town, or shtetl, of Eisiskes near the Polish-Lithuanian border, Leon Kahn experienced a peaceful childhood until September 1, 1939 when Hitler's forces attacked Poland.

Contents:

Introduction

Prologue

Vancouver: 1948

CHAPTER ONE Eisiskes: 1925-1939

CHAPTER TWO Eisiskes: September 1939-September 1941

CHAPTER THREE Radun: September 1941-May 1942

CHAPTER FOUR Nomads: June-October 1942

CHAPTER FIVE Grodno: October-December 1942

CHAPTER SIX To the Forest: January-July 1943

CHAPTER SEVEN Partisan: July-October 1943

CHAPTER EIGHT The Yureli Forest: October 1943

CHAPTER NINE Return to the Partisans: April-June 1944

CHAPTER TEN Mopping Up: Midsummer 1944

CHAPTER ELEVEN Lodz: May-September 1945

CHAPTER TWELVE Salzburg: 1945-1948

Epilogue

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes index.

Co-published by: Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

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ISBN:

1-55380-273-X

OCLC:

872601454