The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours
A Memoir of the Second World War
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2018
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2334-3 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2334-3 (ISBN)
Lilka Trzcinska was fourteen years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. The daughter of an architect, Lilka was a high school student at the time. When schools were closed by the occupier, she, along with her siblings, continued their education in secret classes, and joined the Polish Home Army (the secret resistance force).
Lilka and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent to the political prison Pawiak, then to Auschwitz. There, Lilka's mother died and her younger sister was sent off to another camp. The rest of the family was put to work in the camp building offices. After being transported to a number of different camps, the three sisters were reunited in 1945, and shortly thereafter liberated by the British. Lilka later went to Italy to continue her education, moving to Canada in 1948.
The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours is the memoir of a survivor. Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon narrates her adolescence and that of her sisters and brother in a way that binds poetry and history together seamlessly. It describes the strength of the family ties and solidarity that helped them emerge from their horrific ordeal with their dignity intact.
As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle.
Lilka and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent to the political prison Pawiak, then to Auschwitz. There, Lilka's mother died and her younger sister was sent off to another camp. The rest of the family was put to work in the camp building offices. After being transported to a number of different camps, the three sisters were reunited in 1945, and shortly thereafter liberated by the British. Lilka later went to Italy to continue her education, moving to Canada in 1948.
The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours is the memoir of a survivor. Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon narrates her adolescence and that of her sisters and brother in a way that binds poetry and history together seamlessly. It describes the strength of the family ties and solidarity that helped them emerge from their horrific ordeal with their dignity intact.
As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle.
Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon is a semi-retired child and adolescent psychoanalyst living in Toronto.
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION
CAMP VOCABULARY
INTRODUCTION
Part I: Fighting Poland (September 1939-May 1943)
1 Dies Irae
2 Gone with the Wind
3 Resistance
4 Rescue
Part II: Auschwitz (May 1943-January 1945)
5 Nos. 44786-9
6 No Lilies for Mother
7 Gifts and Secrets
8 A Legacy of Herbs
9 High Fever
10 Designing a Dream House
11 SOS
Part III: From Winter to Spring (January-April 1945)
12 Walking to Breslau
13 Bergen-Belsen
Part IV: The Taste of Freedom (April 1945-June 1946)
14 My Egg of Resurrection
15 Concert for Survivors
16 Capriccio Italiano
EPILOGUE
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.08.2018 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Norman Davies |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 320 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-2334-3 / 1487523343 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-2334-3 / 9781487523343 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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