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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... leave a reversal we had never anticipated . When I called Harry , he could barely talk for happiness at the good news . He told me that he had spent many sleep- less nights worrying about me and feeling guilty about leaving me be- hind ...
... leave a reversal we had never anticipated . When I called Harry , he could barely talk for happiness at the good news . He told me that he had spent many sleep- less nights worrying about me and feeling guilty about leaving me be- hind ...
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... leave - taking was very painful for both of us . We reminisced about the wonderful times we had had together and fan- tasized about the possibility that fate would bring us together again . We would not forget each other ; we would ...
... leave - taking was very painful for both of us . We reminisced about the wonderful times we had had together and fan- tasized about the possibility that fate would bring us together again . We would not forget each other ; we would ...
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... leaving , giving him a month's notice . He knew all along that I was determined to become a teacher and that sooner or later I was going to leave . It was difficult to leave behind so many kind people with whom I had enjoyed working ...
... leaving , giving him a month's notice . He knew all along that I was determined to become a teacher and that sooner or later I was going to leave . It was difficult to leave behind so many kind people with whom I had enjoyed working ...
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