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1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Preface; Hope is the Last to Die; Conclusion; Epilouge Journey into the Past, Poland 1986; Postscript Berlin 1939-1989 |
| Summary |
This book is an important work in Holocaust literature and was originally published in Poland in 1967. Covering the years 1939-1945, it is the author's account of her experience growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her eventual deportation to, imprisonment in, and survival of the Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt-Glewe camps. Since the old, the weak, and children were summarily executed by the Nazis in these camps, Mrs Birenbaum's survival and coming of age is all the more remarkable. Her story is told with simplicity and clarity and the new edition contains revisions made by the a |
| Notes |
"A classic of holocaust literature." |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Birenbaum, Halina, 1929-
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| SUBJECT |
Birenbaum, Halina, 1929- fast |
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Warsaw
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives
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Holocaust survivors -- Travel -- Israel -- Poland
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Ethnic relations
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Holocaust survivors -- Travel
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Jews -- Persecutions
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
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Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
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Poland
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Poland -- Warsaw
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317468530 |
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1317468538 |
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