Journey to the Golden Door: A Survivor's TaleShengold, 1994 - 314 Seiten Memoirs of a Jew, born in 1925 in Kustanovice, a village in Carpathian Ruthenia. In 1933 Sommer's family moved to Mukachevo; after his mother died in 1941, Sommer moved to Budapest. Attests that antisemitism was strong and widespread in Hungary in 1942-44. In March 1944 Sommer was drafted into a Jewish labor unit in the Hungarian army; in August 1944 he escaped from the Csepel plant in Budapest where he worked as a forced laborer and hid on a farm near the city. In December 1944 the vicinity was liberated by the Soviets; Sommer, who knew many languages, joined the Soviet secret service, which attempted to track down fascists and Nazi collaborators. While in the Soviet army, Sommer was also confronted with many cases of antisemitism. After the war he settled in the USA. |
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... feel secure and more at ease about things to come . Interspersed through our conversation were her reminders about how important it was for me to learn Torah and get an education . She also cautioned me to be well - behaved which was ...
... feel secure and more at ease about things to come . Interspersed through our conversation were her reminders about how important it was for me to learn Torah and get an education . She also cautioned me to be well - behaved which was ...
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... feel fairly confident of success . I wished Dinsky were there to help me with this very important mission . I ran straight to the driver with Smirnov's orders and his threats . We drove to a wine cellar in the outskirts of Trnava where ...
... feel fairly confident of success . I wished Dinsky were there to help me with this very important mission . I ran straight to the driver with Smirnov's orders and his threats . We drove to a wine cellar in the outskirts of Trnava where ...
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... feel welcome . Our coaches were demanding . They worked us hard , and we quick- ly became good enough to compete with Italian teams playing in the third division . Soon the camp commander arranged for us to play against neighboring ...
... feel welcome . Our coaches were demanding . They worked us hard , and we quick- ly became good enough to compete with Italian teams playing in the third division . Soon the camp commander arranged for us to play against neighboring ...
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