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Author Weilbach, S.

Title Singing from the darktime : a childhood memoir in poetry and prose / S. Weilbach
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 In Oma�s House -- 2 Devoured at Night -- 3 The Boat that Did Not Sink -- 4 The Linoleum-Floored Room -- Translations -- Afterword -- Suggestions for Further Reading
Summary Escaping Germany, Weilbach describes her surreal experience aboard the luxury refugee ship the St Louis, refused the right to land first by Cuba and then by the United States and Canada and finally forced to turn back to Europe, where England and other countries eventually provided some sanctuary. She recalls her experiences in London - loneliness, confusion, and an incomprehensible language but also the healing acceptance of classmates and teachers. With the approach of World War Two, the mass evacuation of her school to the countryside brings a return to village life, with surprising happiness and the hint of a better future, despite the immediate chaos of war. Singing from the Darktime presents a voice of innocence and resilience in a cruel and frightening world. An afterword by renowned Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen provides historical context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128)
Notes English
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Subject Weilbach, S. -- Childhood and youth -- Poetry
SUBJECT Weilbach, S. fast
Subject St. Louis (Ship) -- Poetry
SUBJECT St. Louis (Ship) fast
Subject Jews -- Germany -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poetry
Jewish refugees -- England -- Poetry
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
POETRY -- American -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
Childhood and youth of a person
Jewish refugees
Jews
England
Germany
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Poetry
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011453603
ISBN 9780773586161
0773586164
1283531232
9781283531238
9786613843685
6613843687
0773586431
9780773586437