The Pessimist’s Son
Alexander Kimel, Martin Kimel
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths. It is the compelling memoir of Alexander Kimel, taking him from a shtetl in the Polish Ukraine to a Nazi ghetto to liberation. It is also the harrowing story of his wife, Eva, whose father is murdered in the “Holocaust by Bullets.” A dialog across generations with narrative written by their son, the book is a rare portrayal of Jewish survivors who remained in Communist Poland after the war. It is a story of the many challenges they faced and the life they built together after quitting Poland in 1956 for Israel, ultimately emigrating to America. By including the stories of other family members, the book also provides a panoramic view of Polish Jewry before, during, and after the war.
Kundenbewertungen
Holocaust, Polish Jews, Shtetl life in the Polish Ukraine, memoir, history, Polish Jewish survivors, Experience of Polish Jews in Poland prewar and postwar, Survivors’ emigration to Israel and US, Dialog across generations