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The Choice: Poland, 1939-1945

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The Choice: Poland, 1939-1945

A Holocaust survivorâ€™s powerful story of escape and renewal.

In 1980, at the age of fifty, Irene Eber returned to her fatherâ€™s hometown of Mielec, Poland, where she and her middle-class Jewish family had first gone in 1938 when they were expelled one evening from their home in Germany. Her journey back would unleash a lifeâ€™s worth of memories, and the result is this extraordinary book.

Eber re-creates life in wartime Mielec: the rivalries and opportunism, the acts of courage and generosity, the constant fear borne by the Jewish community, and the moment in 1942 when the Germans marched all of Mielecâ€™s Jews out of town and toward the death camps. And she reveals what was perhaps the defining decision of her life: when an opportunity arose for her to escape, Irene left, despite her fatherâ€™s desperate wish that the family stay together. Thus began her life-long journey toward reconciling her lifesaving grasp at freedom with her heartbreaking separation from her family, setting her on a path to self-acceptance.

In describing her survivorâ€™s guilt, despair, and lossâ€”and how she has managed to overcome them while still honoring her pastâ€”Irene Eber has made a significant and profoundly moving contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.
Country USA
Brand Schocken
Manufacturer Schocken
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2004-08-03
EANs 9780805241976

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