Our Only Hope - Eddie's Holocaust Story and the Weisz Family Correspondence (Paperback)

Our Only Hope is based on correspondence between Eddie Weisz, a German Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, and his family (father, mother, and brother) who remained behind, first in Berlin and then Prague. Like many German Jewish families, Eddie's parents sent their eldest child to America hoping that he could pave the way for the rest of the family to follow. The story is a deeply personal account of how the Nazi phenomenon affected a single family. It gives voice to victims of the Holocaust, people whose experiences are typically told through the eyes of survivors and perpetrators. Through this narrative, Our Only Hope illuminates an ironic and tragic dualism: the steady deterioration of life's circumstances for the Weisz family that is left behind, countered by the transformation of Eddie Weisz into an independent adult and American citizen.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in the Shoah Series
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Keith H. Pickus
Editors:	Zev Garber
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-3920-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
LSN:	0-7618-3920-8
Barcode:	9780761839200

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