| A Jewish Boyhood in Poland: Remembering Kolbuszowa Revised Edition Contributor(s): Salsitz, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815605811 ISBN-13: 9780815605812 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Jewish - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91017841 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.1" W x 9.03" (1.14 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kolbuszowa is gone now. Before World War II it was a thriving, small Polish town of 4,000 people, half Polish Catholics, half Jews, where family and the traditional ways of life were strong. It was the town where Norman Salsitz was born, in 1920, the last of nine children. It was the town that he helped to destroy, forced by the Nazis in 1941 to assist in the brick-by-brick destruction of the Jewish ghetto in which his family lived. Salsitz was subsequently sent to a German work camp, but escaped into the woods to live and later tell his story of Kolbuszowa to Richard Skolnik. Salsitz speaks to us both as an exceptional witness to everyday events in the town and as a shrewd observer of the broader landscape. Colorful details bring the people, the customs, and habits, both religious and secular, back to life. |