A survivor's duty : surviving the Holocaust and fighting for Israel : a story of father and son /

"This book is the author's attempt and duty to, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "Bear witness for the dead and for the living". Through extensive research in archives, family documents, and literature, Laufer unearthed his father's lost biography as a slave in the Hungarian for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laufer, Gabriel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018
Colección:Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)
Temas:
Laufer, Gabriel.
1939-1945
Children of Holocaust survivors > Israel > Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Hungary > Budapest > Personal narratives.
Enfants de survivants de l'Holocauste > Israël > Biographies.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Hongrie > Budapest > Récits personnels.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Children of Holocaust survivors.
Ethnic relations.
1939-1945.
Budapest (Hungary) > Ethnic relations.
Hungary > Budapest.
Israel.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book is the author's attempt and duty to, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "Bear witness for the dead and for the living". Through extensive research in archives, family documents, and literature, Laufer unearthed his father's lost biography as a slave in the Hungarian forced labor battalions and in German concentration camps, his return to Hungary, and his daring escape from Stalinist Hungary to Israel. Laufer's father's experiences mark one of the saddest points in Jewish history and the story is contrasted with his own in Israel during the Six Days war, a pinnacle in Jewish history and during the Israeli wars that followed"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781618117847
161811784X

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