To Our Children

Memoirs of Displacement. A Jewish Journey of Hope and Survival in Twentieth-Century Poland and Beyond

Wodzimierz Szer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2016
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-61811-478-5 (ISBN)

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Takes the reader through Dr. Wlodzimierz Szer's childhood in Yiddish prewar Warsaw, adolescence and imprisonment in wartime Russia, to the brutal reality of immediate postwar Poland. Although largely autobiographical, the book provides a historically and intellectually compelling analysis of the social and political situation in Poland and Soviet Russia from the early 1930s to 1967.

This book takes the reader through Dr. Wlodzimierz Szer's childhood in Yiddish prewar Warsaw, adolescence and imprisonment in wartime Russia, to the brutal reality of immediate postwar Poland, and the years of the socialist regime. Although largely autobiographical, the book provides a historically and intellectually compelling analysis of the social and political situation in Poland and Soviet Russia from the early 1930s to 1967.

Wlodzimierz Szer was a Professor of Biochemistry at NYU, USA who authored 170 papers, educated generations of students, and raised a family. He spoke several languages fluently and flawlessly, including Polish, English, Yiddish, and Russian. He loved chess, travel, good company, food, and a drink. He was politically astute, deeply well-informed, and a wonderful storyteller. Bronislawa Karst grew up in Warsaw, Poland. She left Poland for the United States in 1969 after the government's anti-Semitic campaign. She obtained a Masters degree in French and a PhD in Comparative Literature. Retired from teaching, she lives in Buffalo, NY, USA.

Acknowledgments Foreword

Part I: Before the War

Part II: The War

Part III: After the War

Afterword

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2016
Reihe/Serie	Jews of Poland
Übersetzer	Bronisawa Karst
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-61811-478-6 / 1618114786
ISBN-13	978-1-61811-478-5 / 9781618114785
Zustand	Neuware