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Izzy's fire : finding humanity in the Holocaust / Nancy Wright Beasley.

Title
Izzy's fire : finding humanity in the Holocaust / Nancy Wright Beasley.
Author
Beasley, Nancy Wright, 1945-
Publication
Richmond, Va. : Palari Pub., c2008.

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Description
289 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
Izzy s Fire Finding Humanity in the Holocaust (revised 2008) tells the harrowing yet hope-filled true story of five Lithuanian Jewish families during the Holocaust who escaped Kovno Ghetto and were ultimately hidden (and saved) by a Catholic farm family. All 13 Jews ended up living in a 9 x 12 x 4 underground hole as World War II raged around them. Some lived underground for about seven months. Beasley draws from personal interviews, research and numerous memoirs, including extensive memoirs from Israel "Izzy" Ipson, who helped his family escape from Kovno Ghetto, one of the most notorious killing fields for Jews in Lithuania. The Ipps, as they were known then, relocated to Richmond following their liberation and later changed their name to Ipson.
Alternative Title
Finding humanity in the Holocaust
Subject
  • Ipson family
  • Ipson, Izzy > Family
  • 1939-1945
  • Jews > Lithuania > Kaunas > Biography
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Lithuania > Kaunas > Personal narratives
  • Holocaust survivors > Virginia > Richmond > Biography
  • Kaunas (Lithuania) > Biography
  • Richmond (Va.) > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Escaping kovno ghetto, 1943 -- Life in lithuania, 1938 -- Ominous signs -- Kovno ghetto formed, 1941 -- Learning to survive -- Riga selection -- Planning the escape, 1943 -- Ride to freedom -- The maline -- Life underground -- Raja's story -- Jacob and david's lesson -- Liberation at last, 1944 -- Izzy returns to Kovno -- Leaving safety -- Starting over -- Escape across borders, 1945 -- Meeting Mr. green -- Life in America, 1947-96 -- A wayward letter arrives, 1997 -- Edna's apprehension -- The reunion, 1998 -- During yom hashoah.
ISBN
  • 9781928662945 (pbk.)
  • 1928662943 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008020657
OCLC
  • 227573714
  • SCSB-11329266
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library