| Anton the Dove Fancier: And Other Tales of the Holocaust Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Gotfryd, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801863104 ISBN-13: 9780801863103 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - Religion | Judaism - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 99054126 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.87" W x 8.94" (0.70 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of extraordinary true stories--including nine stories new to this expanded edition-- illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Here we watch young Bernard break curfew to secure a rare chicken for the High Holidays--only to see it given to the Christian janitor because it is not kosher; we meet Alexandra, a Polish resistance fighter who enlists the teenaged Bernard in the cause but who perishes while he survives; and we share Bernard's fear as he spends one very uncomfortable night--hours after his liberation--in the seemingly sympathetic home of the parents of a young SS officer. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gotfryd, Bernard: - Bernard Gotfryd was born in Radom, Poland. During World War II he was involved with the Polish underground until being imprisoned by the Nazis. He spent time in six concentration camps before his liberation from Gusen II in May of 1945. Two years later Gotfryd emigrated to the United States, where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps before joining the staff of Newsweek in 1957. He was moved to begin recording his Holocaust memories when he photographed the Pope's visit to Poland in 1983--Gotfryd's first visit to Poland in forty years. Currently he divides his time between writing and photography at his home in Forest Hills, New York. |