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Shadows of Survival : a Child's Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto
- Title
- Shadows of Survival : a Child's Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto / Kirstine Keese.
- Author
- Keese, Kristine, 1933-2016
- Publication
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 145 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- A vivid and unsparing memoir of the experiences of an eight year old child incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her escape from the Ghetto and from Warsaw following the Uprising was due to her mother's resourcefulness. Settling finally into an outwardly comfortable American life she repressed her horrific memories until compelled to bear witness.
- Series Statement
- Jews of Poland
- Uniform Title
- Jews of Poland.
- Subject
- Keese, Kristine, 1933-2016
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Warsaw, Poland : 1943)
- 1939-1945
- Jewish children in the Holocaust > Poland > Warsaw > Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw > Biography
- Jewish children in the Holocaust
- Warsaw (Poland) > History > Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 > Biography
- Poland > Warsaw
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Contents
- 1. My personal war -- 2. 1939: the clouds of war -- 3. November 1940-July 1942: the Ghetto, first stages -- 4. The Ghetto, last stages -- 5. The end of safety -- 6. Jasio's story and leaving the Ghetto -- 7. Times of high anxiety -- 8. August-October 1944: The Warsaw Uprising -- 9. Leaving Warsaw -- 10. Waiting for the war to end -- 11. Spring 1945: Return to the convent -- 12. Living with Genia in Lodz -- Afterword: What is left??? -- Photos and Documents.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3679
- ISBN
- 161811509X
- 9781618115096
- LCCN
- 2016498882
- OCLC
- 938402003
- Author
- Keese, Kristine, 1933-2016, author.
- Title
- Shadows of Survival : a Child's Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto / Kirstine Keese.
- Publisher
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Jews of PolandJews of Poland.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3679