Title Wartime Diary Of Edmund Kessler

Published Academic Studies Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- The Kessler family of Lwow -- Autobiographical statement -- Life in America -- Our people -- Terror in Lwow -- Life in the camps -- Reflections -- Salvation -- Our bunker in Lwow -- Lusia's letter -- Epilogue -- The search -- Afterword -- Biographical statements -- Appendix Summary Dr. Kessler, a Jewish attorney from Lwow, Poland, gives an eye-witness account of the Holocaust through the events recorded in his diary between the years 1942 and 1944. In vivid, raw, documentary style, he describes his experiences in the Lwow Ghetto, in the Janowska Concentration Camp, and in an underground bunker where he and twenty-three other Jews were hidden by a courageous Polish farmer and his family. The book includes a chapter written by Kazimierz Kalwinski, who as a teenager was a caretaker for the hidden Jews on his family's farm. Edmund's daughter, Renata Kessler, coordinated the book and has written an epilogue about her search for the story, which has taken her to Israel, Poland, and Lviv, Ukraine. Renowned scholar Antony Polonsky contributes an insightful historical overview of the times in which the book takes place. This volume is a tremendous resource for historians, scholars, and those interested in the Holocaust Notes Print version record Subject Kessler, Edmund, -1985 -- Diaries SUBJECT Kessler, Edmund, -1985 fast Subject Janowska (Concentration camp) SUBJECT Janowska (Concentration camp) fast Subject Jews -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- Diaries Jews -- Poland -- Diaries Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- Personal narratives Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives Jewish ghettos -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- History -- 20th century Jews -- Persecutions -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- History -- 20th century Bunkers (Fortification) -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv Region -- History -- 20th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. Bunkers (Fortification) Jewish ghettos Jews Jews -- Persecutions SUBJECT Lʹviv (Ukraine) -- Biography Subject Poland Ukraine -- Lʹviv Ukraine -- Lʹviv Region Genre/Form Biographies Diaries History Personal narratives Form Electronic book ISBN 1306156173 9781306156172

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