On the Fields of LonelinessMemoirs of a Jew born in 1930 in Brzeżany (eastern Galicia). Notes that the Soviet occupation of his town in 1939-41 did not halt antisemitism, but rather reinforced it. Under German occupation, Altman's father was killed on Yom Kippur of 1941. With his mother and sisters, he attempted to leave Brzeżany and hide with non-Jews; but his three sisters were killed, and he and his mother returned to the Brzeżany ghetto. After the last roundup in June 1943, during which he hid in a bunker prepared by relatives, Altman left the town. He lived in a small family camp in the forest, but after a Nazi raid, he, his cousin and her fiancé left the camp and were hidden and helped by various Polish and Ukrainian peasants. In 1944 they were liberated by the Soviets. After the war, Altman settled in the USA. |
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I caught sight of a window and wall that I hadn't noticed before. They were only
two feet away. I felt as if God or his angels had suddenly produced them for me; it
was my only chance to escape the square and its consequences. Like many of ...
I caught sight of a window and wall that I hadn't noticed before. They were only
two feet away. I felt as if God or his angels had suddenly produced them for me; it
was my only chance to escape the square and its consequences. Like many of ...
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"Be careful," she urged, moving to the window and looking out before I left, "the
streets are full of Gestapo." "I'll use only back streets and alleys," I promised and
closed the door without a sound. After skirting roadblocks and avoiding soldiers
on ...
"Be careful," she urged, moving to the window and looking out before I left, "the
streets are full of Gestapo." "I'll use only back streets and alleys," I promised and
closed the door without a sound. After skirting roadblocks and avoiding soldiers
on ...
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We finally reached the peasant's house where the five of us were headed two
days before. We must have looked like ghosts tapping at his window because he
rushed us inside. "Did you see my mother," I asked him. The peasant said
nothing.
We finally reached the peasant's house where the five of us were headed two
days before. We must have looked like ghosts tapping at his window because he
rushed us inside. "Did you see my mother," I asked him. The peasant said
nothing.
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Inhalt
FOREWORD | 11 |
THE GERMAN INVASION | 31 |
MOTHER | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | On the Fields of Loneliness Holocaust studies, Holocaust memoir |
| Autor | Hersch Altman |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Yad Vashem and the Holocaust Survivor's Memoirs Project, 2006 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 27. Aug. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0976073978, 9780976073970 |
| Länge | 184 Seiten |
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