Pearls of Childhood: The Poignant True Wartime Story of a Young Girl Growing Up in an Adopted Land

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Pearls of Childhood: The Poignant True Wartime Story of a Young Girl Growing Up in an Adopted LandPearls of Childhood: The Poignant True Wartime Story of a Young Girl Growing Up in an Adopted Land
In June 1939, shortly before her 11th birthday, Vera Gissing escaped from occupied Czechoslovakia, leaving behind her parents, family, and friends, to spend six years in Britain. Throughout the war years, Vera kept a diary, recording her day-to-day experiences, her longing for her parents, her hopes, and her prayers for the freedom of... More

Suddenly Jewish: Jews Raised as Gentiles Discover Their Jewish Roots (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

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Suddenly Jewish: Jews Raised as Gentiles Discover Their Jewish Roots (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)Suddenly Jewish: Jews Raised as Gentiles Discover Their Jewish Roots (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)
Dramatic personal stories of the unexpected discovery of a Jewish heritage. List Price: $21.955 new 25 used 2 collectible Offers available from $4.81 * as of Friday September 10, 2010 04:12:33, UTC Product information Author: Barbara Kessel Manufacturer: Publisher: Brandeis Category: Book Publication Date: April 1, ... More

Rising from the Abyss: An Adult’s Struggle with Her Trauma as a Child in the Holocaust

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Rising from the Abyss: An Adult's Struggle with Her Trauma as a Child in the HolocaustRising from the Abyss: An Adult's Struggle with Her Trauma as a Child in the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Sara Avinun details the stories of human love and compassion that helped her to overcome the nightmares of her past in this devastatingly compassionate autobiography. Born in 1936 into a Jewish family in Poland, Avinun details her first memories from the age of four or five when she was left homeless and without her family, wandering the... More