The Jews of PoznańThe Holocaust swept away the centuries-old Jewish community of PoznaÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?± in western Poland. Zbigniew Pakula traces the history of that community, its institutions, and its response to crucial but little-known events like the expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany in 1938. The Jews of PoznaÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?± however, is not only about destruction, but also about survival and the way that the memory of a lost world can endure as a cornerstone of individual identity. Pakula locates the remaining Jews of PoznaÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?±, now living scattered around the world. He accompanies them as they reminisce, meet old friends, or return to walk again the streets of what will always be their city. |
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Page 108
... asked if any- thing was known about the fate of their families . They asked if any of their relatives might have survived . Occasionally , Lasman knew something about the fate of missing Jews . After all , he was from Poznań , and he ...
... asked if any- thing was known about the fate of their families . They asked if any of their relatives might have survived . Occasionally , Lasman knew something about the fate of missing Jews . After all , he was from Poznań , and he ...
Page 123
... asked Mother why she was cry- ing . In that single instant , she understood that she had a chance . She told him that her husband and child were wait- ing for her . The Russian softened up and let us pass . We got as far as Siemiatycze ...
... asked Mother why she was cry- ing . In that single instant , she understood that she had a chance . She told him that her husband and child were wait- ing for her . The Russian softened up and let us pass . We got as far as Siemiatycze ...
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... asked me , " What would you ask for if the Germans paid reparations ? " I answered : " For enough money to buy twelve lilac bushes . " Almost 200 Jews lived in Opatówek before the war . Some were rich and some were poor . There was a ...
... asked me , " What would you ask for if the Germans paid reparations ? " I answered : " For enough money to buy twelve lilac bushes . " Almost 200 Jews lived in Opatówek before the war . Some were rich and some were poor . There was a ...
Contents
The Jews of Poznań | 1 |
WHO SAVES ONE LIFE | 23 |
The Righteous | 25 |
Copyright | |
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