After so much pain and anguish : first letters after liberation / edited by Robert Rozett and Iael Nidam-Orvieto ; annotated by Robert Rozett.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, The International Institute for Holocaust Research ; The Diana and Eli Zborowski Center for the Study of the Aftermath of the Holocaust, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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    "This anthology comprises letters written by survivors and liberating soliders in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, reflecting their extreme mixed emotions. The survivors express their sigh of relief at liberation intertwined with the anguish of irreparable loss, and even utterances of hope for a better tomorrow. The letters articulate the first signs of life after liberation, giving moving accounts of suffering, loss and destruction. They convey cries of grief while displaying an outstretched hand from a devastated world longing to touch loved ones still whole. This collection is a raw and powerful body of firsthand testimony of the catastrophe that struck the Jewish people, forming an important record of the most horrific and ignoble period of the twentieth century--Cover page 4.
    Notes
    • Includes index.
    • Translators: Joseph Berelhis of Ortrans Translation Agency (Russian), Alan Clayman (French), Avri Fischer (Czaech & Hungarian), Lea Garfinkel (Yiddish), Naftali Greenwood (Hebrew), Alice Markowitz (Dutch), Jerzy Michalowicz (Polish), Enno Raschke (German).
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN
    • 9789653085237 ((hardcover))
    • 9653085239
    LCCN
    2020460374
    OCLC
    959562897
    Danacode
    • 026800009227
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