Memoirs of Katz, born Bauer in 1922, who was raised in Buczacz. Her family suffered from grass-roots antisemitism from both Ukrainians and Poles. Describes the German occupation in July 1941, and a massacre during which her twin brother was killed. Katz and her sister were taken…
"Written by a former Soviet architect who emigrated to the U.S. in 1977, this memoir introduces readers to the "Communist Experiment" by showing it through the eyes of one of its millions of subjects. The author shows the human cost of living under a totalitarian regime and brin…
The author recalls her experiences and those of her family during the Holocaust in the Ukraine, and describes their times of hiding, death and betrayal, and other horrific encounters.
This book describes Holocaust reality as we have never encountered it before. From the unrelenting fear of death and gnawing pain of hunger, to the budding relationships of an adolescent girl growing into womanhood during the worst of all times, the author withholds nothing. Fan…
"The remarkable life and afterlife of the man who created Tevye"--Jacket
A comprehensive portrait of the culturally influential writer whose stories inspired Fiddler on the Roof traces his impoverished childhood, the financial struggles that inspired his literary career, his internationally mourned death and his considerable posthumous fame in the En…
"The remarkable life and afterlife of the man who created Tevye"--Jacket.
You will admire the strength and resilience of this determined woman, weep over human hatred and evil, and the senseless loss of lives. Rejoice over the bonds of love, friendship and forgiveness, of finding relatives, and share the triumph of unexpected turns in Leah's story tha…
