- Taschenbuch: 264 Seiten
- Verlag: Univ Pr of Kentucky; Auflage: Reprint (Februar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0813190088
- ISBN-13: 978-0813190082
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 2,2 x 1,4 x 0,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.161.380 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Gordon's memoir of surviving the Holocaust in Lithuania is told from the perspective of a youth who grew up in a large, supportive family circle but learned how to endure through his own wit and by confronting the worst of human nature. The Red Army's initial occupation of Kovno was followed by the Nazi invasion and the deportation of the region's Jews to Slobodka ghetto, where massacres and transport to German concentration camps eventually followed. Few survived, but Gordon preserves the record for the many in detailing major events; the ambivalent behavior of Lithuanians toward Jews; and the community organization, work, and routine of ghetto life. When Gordon conveys that he preferred death to life without his family and hoped for survival through patient endurance, the reader better understands the mind of the Holocaust victim. A simple and direct account for Holocaust collections and larger libraries of Eastern European history. See also Art Spiegelman's Maus, a Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began , reviewed in this issue, p. 160.
- Rena Fowler, Northern Michigan Univ. Lib., Marquette
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Rena Fowler, Northern Michigan Univ. Lib., Marquette
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Harry Gordon's descriptions of daily life and bureaucracy in the infamous Slobodka ghetto, the brutal conditions of the punishing work brigades, and the mass executions in Auschwitz and Dachau are direct and unsentimental. His gripping memoir is a shocking reminder that the Holocaust was not perpetuated by the Germans alone, but also by Lithuanian nationals, rebel Ukrainians, and the Soviet Red Army.
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Hello, Harry! I am your cousin, Leslie Hoffman Levenson (my mom's name was Ina Ginsberg, daughter of my grandfather Jack Ginsberg). I learned about your book on this title a while ago. I'd like to hear from you thru e mail shown at below (LEV10315@aol.com). Our cousin, Esther Ginsberg Cohen (daughter of Alex Ginsberg)also learns about you recently thru our cousin, Shelly and Marlee Ginsberg who went to the Museum of Holocaust in Wash. DC. Esther and I found each other by accident! Long story! We also found out there The Ginsberg brothers (Jack, Alex and Barney) did have sisters back in Lithuania we never knew ever existed). Please contact me and let you know that you have more cousins still living and well! Unfortunately, your book is out of print! Is there any way we can obtain that? Please don't put this on line as we the cousins are trying to locate you! :-) We are surely proud of your accomplishment for writing this book we want to read. We would love to know more about our descendents despite the history that happened. Thank you so much, Harry from your long lost cousin, LESLIE of Granada Hills, CA born in Buffalo, NY in 1948 daughter of Morris and Ina Hoffman (both still living).
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Horrors of daily life during WWII
13. Oktober 2010
Format:Taschenbuch
I just finished reading this book. The book is written in a simple style, composed of numerous short chapters. The author is indeed lucky to have survived the holocaust. The author talks about his life with his extended family in Kovno, the eventual destruction of all but 3 of the family, the occupation under Russians and then the Germans, his constant hunger due to rationing and overworking, behaviour of fellow Lithuanians and Jews, and his subsequent emigration to USA. The narration is free of self-pity and emotions, over-generalizing to what happened with Jews elsewhere in Europe, and the author also avoids philosophizing too much - which is also natural as he was a teenager during the period. Especially for non-Europeans, it is so frightening to imagine the life of a Jewish person during those times, when the mere direction of the finger of a German commandant could land you among the living versus the soon-to-be-exterminated. The author also paints a neutral and impersonal picture of Lithuanians, Russians, Germans and fellow Jews. There were rapacious and exploitative Jewish police, and there were occasional acts of kindness from the Lithuanians and Germans.
A very good read, especially coming from this corner of Europe
A very good read, especially coming from this corner of Europe
Very interesting read
4. Februar 2007
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Although this book is not of high quality literary-wise, it is very interesting. As a reader you get a realistic glimpse of how life in the Lithuanan Jewish gettho's was during WWII. I was shocked to find out that not only Germans, but Lithuanians and Poles too were involved in mass-killings of innocent people. 'The shadow of death' is a very suitbale titel, because that is exactly how the jewish people must have felt: living in the shadow of death.
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Great Reading!!!!
6. März 2002
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I couldn't put this book down and didn't want it to end. Harry could easily write a sequel to this book of how he transitioned into American life. This book is very easy reading and insightful of the atrocities that happened in Lithuania. Harry I admire you.
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