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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They shot parents in front of their children and sick children were snatched from
parents who had to watch the horrific slaughter . They forced the living to drag the
bodies of the dead onto sleighs . At least one bloody sleigh stood on every block
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They shot parents in front of their children and sick children were snatched from
parents who had to watch the horrific slaughter . They forced the living to drag the
bodies of the dead onto sleighs . At least one bloody sleigh stood on every block
...
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The only way to find out if it ' s a trap is to open the bunker , ” said Uncle David “
And get shot ? ” someone asked . “ Is it better to starve to death in this darkness ?
” Uncle David asked . “ What do we have to lose ? ” my mother asked quietly .
The only way to find out if it ' s a trap is to open the bunker , ” said Uncle David “
And get shot ? ” someone asked . “ Is it better to starve to death in this darkness ?
” Uncle David asked . “ What do we have to lose ? ” my mother asked quietly .
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Mother and I decided that we would return to the village of Mieczyszczów where
my two sisters had been shot . Nothing , I told her , could make me walk that
bloody road of memories , but she finally convinced me with a simple statement :
we ...
Mother and I decided that we would return to the village of Mieczyszczów where
my two sisters had been shot . Nothing , I told her , could make me walk that
bloody road of memories , but she finally convinced me with a simple statement :
we ...
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FOREWORD | 11 |
THE BELLS FORETELL | 15 |
GATHERING CLOUDS | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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| Titel | On the Fields of Loneliness Holocaust studies, Holocaust memoir |
| Autor/in | Hersch Altman |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Yad Vashem and the Holocaust Survivor's Memoirs Project, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0976073978, 9780976073970 |
| Länge | 184 Seiten |
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