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Book

The ones who remember : second-generation voices of the Holocaust

Author

Rita Benn

Call Number

  • 940.5318 O5883 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

[Westport, Connecticut] : City Point Press, 2022.

Physical Description

xv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

"How do you talk about and make sense of your life when you grew up with parents who survived the most unimaginable horrors of family separation, systematic murder and unending encounters of inhumanity? Sixteen authors reveal the challenges and gifts of living with the aftermath of their parents' inconceivable experiences during the Holocaust."--Page [4] of cover

Contents

  • Chapter 1: Screams in the Night / By Ruth Taubman, daughter of Lola Goldstein / Mueller Taubman.
  • Chapter 2: The Attic Full of Photographs / By Julie Goldstein Ellis, daughter of Magda Blaufeld Goldstein and Louis Goldstein, cousin of Lola Goldstein / Mueller Taubman
  • Chapter 3: Drinking from a Half-Full Broken Glass / By Avishay Hayut, son of Aliza and Aharon Chajut
  • Chapter 4: I Don't Remember / By Nancy Szabo, daughter of Daniel Szabo
  • Chapter 5: Shades of Chanel No. 5 / By Rita Benn, daughter of Alice and Phillipe Benn
  • Chapter 6: Generation to Generation / By Sassa Åkervall, daughter of Magda Wilensky (née Kahan)
  • Chapter 7: Memorize This Address / By Ava Adler, daughter of Minna (Mindl) Adler
  • Chapter 8: Lessons from My Parents / By Natalie Iglewicz, daughter of Henry and Franka Iglewicz
  • Chapter 9: Cutting Corners / By Phil Barr, son of Harold (Chaim) Rayberg
  • Chapter 10: Always an Outsider / By Cilla Tomas, daughter of Ruzena and Jakob Tomashpolski
  • Chapter 11: Chesed / By Simone Yehuda, daughter of Walter Juda
  • Chapter 12: If Only / By Eszter Gombosi, daughter of Julianna (Juci) and István (Pista) Gárdos
  • Chapter 13: Please Remember / By Myra Fox, daughter of Henry Fox and Rachel Najman Fox
  • Chapter 14: Osmosis / By Fran Lewy Berg, daughter of Alfred and Irene Lewy
  • Chapter 15: Not Made of Glass / By Ruth Wade, daughter of Sidney "Sevek" Finkel
  • Chapter 16: One Day the World Will Be the World Again / By Joy Wolfe Ensor, daughter of Henia Karmel and Leon Wolfe.

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