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Fleeing the Nazis, surviving the Gulag, and arriving in the free world : my life and times /
"Victor Zarnowitz is a world-famous economist. Victor Zarnowitz is also a man who grew up in the Polish town of Oswiecim, known in German as Auschwitz. Zarnowitz fled the area as the Nazis advanced in September 1939. Moving eastward with his brother, he landed in the arms of the Soviets and was...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Victor Zarnowitz is a world-famous economist. Victor Zarnowitz is also a man who grew up in the Polish town of Oswiecim, known in German as Auschwitz. Zarnowitz fled the area as the Nazis advanced in September 1939. Moving eastward with his brother, he landed in the arms of the Soviets and was sent to a Siberian Gulag. How did this brilliant young man, who nearly died at the hands of the Soviets, end up a renowned University of Chicago economist? That's exactly what this memoir is all about. While memoirs of the Holocaust are plentiful, the Jewish experience in Stalin's Gulags has been virtually forgotten. Weaving politics and economics into the harrowing tale of his personal journey, Zarnowitz's inspiring life story provides a priceless perspective on some of the most traumatic upheavals of the 20th century - and on the resilience and power of the human spirit."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 180 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313357794 031335779X 1282565966 9781282565968 9786612565960 6612565969 9798400651847 |