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My dear boy : a World War II story of escape, exile, and revelation
- Title
- My dear boy : a World War II story of escape, exile, and revelation / Joanie Holzer Schrim.
- Author
- Schirm, Joanie Holzer
- Publication
- [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-4311 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 317 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- World War Two story of escape, exile, and revelation
- Subjects
- Jews
- Jewish refugees
- Jews, Czech
- Czech Republic > Benešov (Okres)
- Biographies
- China > Shanghai
- Jews > Czech Republic > Benešov (Okres) > Biography
- Jewish refugees > China > Shanghai > Biography
- Jews, Czech > China > Shanghai > Biography
- Benešov (Czech Republic : Okres) > Biography
- Holzer, Oswald A., 1911-2000
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Valdik's story: a gifted life -- Bohemian recollections: pre-1914 -- A world at war: 1914 -- A house of many rooms: 1918 -- "Without books, history is silent": 1919-1929 -- Proud Czechs first: 1931-1937 -- As if stopped mid-gesture-Café Manes: 1930s -- In service of a doomed country: 1937-1939 -- Compassionate strangers: March 31-May 22, 1939 -- The long route to China: May 22-July 7, 1939 -- China pulls me in: July-September 1939 -- A world apart: September-December 31, 1939 -- Snowdrifts, machine guns, and prayers: January 1940 -- Learning to love peking and its forbidden city: February-April 1940 -- Outback of nowhere-pingting: May-July 1940 -- Love breathes life into the heart: August-October 1940 -- Leaving China: October 1940-February 1941 -- From freedom to infamy: March-December 1941 -- A new life in a new world: January 1942-May 1945-- The letter that changed everything: August 1945 -- Dealing with the outcome: 1945-1952.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-4311
- ISBN
- 9781640120723
- 1640120726
- 9781640121713 (canceled/invalid)
- 1640121714 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781640121720 (canceled/invalid)
- 1640121722 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781640121737 (canceled/invalid)
- 1640121730 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018028078
- OCLC
- 1041582120
- Author
- Schirm, Joanie Holzer, author.
- Title
- My dear boy : a World War II story of escape, exile, and revelation / Joanie Holzer Schrim.
- Publisher
- [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-4311