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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We saw ten red fire engines parked outside ; it looked like the Russians were
planning to take them over the border . We asked the drivers which town in
Poland they had come from . I had been studying Russian in school for two years
and ...
We saw ten red fire engines parked outside ; it looked like the Russians were
planning to take them over the border . We asked the drivers which town in
Poland they had come from . I had been studying Russian in school for two years
and ...
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Where had the Russian fire chief disappeared to ? Our house was full of smoke !
It looked like the roof was on fire . There was so much confusion that my father
completely forgot about the buckets of sand he had placed all around the house
in ...
Where had the Russian fire chief disappeared to ? Our house was full of smoke !
It looked like the roof was on fire . There was so much confusion that my father
completely forgot about the buckets of sand he had placed all around the house
in ...
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I don ' t know if he was certain they wouldn ' t find anything hidden because
during the fire our neighbors had brought their valuables to keep safe in our
fireproof cellar . The three German officers followed him while we four children
silently ...
I don ' t know if he was certain they wouldn ' t find anything hidden because
during the fire our neighbors had brought their valuables to keep safe in our
fireproof cellar . The three German officers followed him while we four children
silently ...
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FOREWORD | 11 |
THE BELLS FORETELL | 15 |
GATHERING CLOUDS | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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