Life in Transit: Jews in Postwar Lodz, 1945-1950 Contributor(s): Redlich, Shimon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1936235218 ISBN-13: 9781936235216 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $103.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Jewish - General - History | Eastern Europe - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2010043240 |
Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and His |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 282 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Life in Transit is the long-awaited sequel to Shimon Redlich's widely acclaimed Together and Apart in Brzezany, in which he discussed his childhood during the War and the Holocaust. Life in Transit tells the story of his adolescence in the city of Lodz in postwar Poland. Redlich's personal memories are placed within the wider historical context of Jewish life in Poland and in Lodz during the immediate postwar years. Lodz in the years 1945-1950 was the second-largest city in the country and the major urban center of the Jewish population. Redlich's research based on conventional sources and numerous interviews indicates that although the survivors still lived in the shadow of the Holocaust, postwar Jewish Lodz was permeated with a sense of vitality and hope. |