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Flares of memory : stories of childhood during the Holocaust
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- Summary
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Including a timeline that chronicles the rise of the Nazis, this book consists of 92 stories written by Jewish survivors and US Army liberators about their experiences during the Holocaust.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Anita Brostoff with Sheila Chamovitz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780197713068, 0197713068, 9780190288785, 0190288787, 9781280655333, 128065533X, 9780198031710, 0198031718, 0195156277, 0195138716
- OCLC
- ocn320902909, ocn958509375, on1406783876
- Originally published: Pittsburgh, Pa.: Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, 1998.
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- English
- Contents; Foreword; Timeline of the Holocaust; Map of Concentration Camps in Europe; Preface; Introduction; I. SNAPSHOTS: JEWISH LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST; II. THE DESTRUCTION OF A SOCIETY; III. RUTHLESSNESS AS A SYSTEM; IV. THE LOTTERY OF DEATH AND LIFE; V. DISGUISE AS A WAY OF HIDING; VI. THE SUSTAINING POWER OF FAMILY LOVE; VII. THE VIRTUOUS AND THE VICIOUS; VIII. DESPERATE HEROISM; IX. EMERGENCE INTO LIGHT; X. THE AFTERMATH:REMEMBERING; ADDENDUM: SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES: STORIES BY AMERCIAN LIBERATORS; Biographies of Survivor-Authors; Photographs of Liberator-Authors; Author Index
- Story Index