About this title: Richard Hollander was devastated when his parents were killed in an automobile accident in 1986. While rummaging through their attic, he discovered letters from a family he never knew - his father's mother, three sisters, and their husbands and children. The letters were written from Krakow, Poland, between 1939 and 1942. They depict day-to-day ...
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 10/15/2007
ISBN-13:9780521882743ISBN:0521882745
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 10-15-07
ISBN-13:9780521882743ISBN:0521882745
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light shelfwear to the dust jacket and a small publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! 1.19 lbs. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 2007
Description: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BT2-An uncorrected proof trade paperback in very good condition that has some wrinkling, crease, and lightly curled, light discoloration and shelf wear. Annotated by Craig Hollander, Christopher R. Browning. 9.25"x6", 285 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780521882743ISBN:0521882745
Description: Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 285 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. read more
"A collection of letters which gave some depiction of life in Poland for Jews during the second world war. Most of the letters weren't all that interesting to me. The first part of the book told of Joseph's (the son to whom the letters were written) attempts to determine what happened to the rest of his family after the letters ceased to come which was also of some interest although it could have been written in a more readable style. On the whole I was expecting more from the book, but it didn't deliver."
"Pretty hard to review this book. It is what it is, a compilation of letters written from Cracow by a Jewish family to a son in America. It is an historians goldmine, but takes patience to read through. It is heartbreaking, maddening, and frustrating to read. Much of the story is between the lines, and the editors have made a valiant attempt to fill in some of that for the reader. It might have benefited from more commentary and historical perspective intermingled between the letters, rather than in individual essays as presented."
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