Research Catalog

Title

Reflections of Prague : journeys through the 20th century / Ivan Margolius.

Author

Margolius, Ivan.

Publication

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2006.

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Details

Description

ix, 318 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "Reflections of Prague is the story of how a Czech Jewish family become embroiled in the most tragic and tumultuous episodes of the twentieth century. Through their eyes we see the history of their beloved Prague, a unique European city, and the wider, political forces that tear their lives apart.
• Their moving story traces the major events, turmoil, oppression and triumphs of Europe through the last hundred years - from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the First World War; from the vibrant artistic and intellectual life of Prague in the times of Kafka, the Capek Brothers and Masaryk to years of hunger in a Polish ghetto and the concentration camps of Hitler; from the tyrannous rule of Stalin to the rekindled hopes of Dubcek and the subsequent Soviet occupation to liberation under Havel. Told from Ivan's perspective, it is a poignant but uplifting tale that tells of life lived with purpose and conviction, in the face of personal suffering and sacrifice."--Jacket.

Subject

• Margolius, Rudolph, 1913-1952
• Kovály, Heda, 1919-2010
• Margolius, Rudolph, 1913-1952 > Trials, litigation, etc
• Kovály, Heda, 1919-2010
• Margolius, Rudolph, 1913-1952
• 1900-1999
• Jews > Czechoslovakia > Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Czechoslovakia
• Holocaust survivors > Czechoslovakia > Biography
• Jews > Persecutions > History > Czechoslovakia > 20th century
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > Czechoslovakia
• Political purges > Czechoslovakia > History > 20th century
• Jews > Persecutions
• Holocaust survivors
• Jews
• Political purges
• Politics and government
• Trials
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
• Judenvernichtung
• Politische Verfolgung
• Geschichte
• Judenvernichtung
• Verfolgung
• Jews > Czechoslovakia > Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Czechoslovakia
• Holocaust survivors > Czechoslovakia > Biography
• Jews > Persecutions > History > Czechoslovakia > 20th century
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > Czechoslovakia
• Political purges > Czechoslovakia > History > 20th century
• Czechoslovakia > Politics and government > 1945-1992
• Czechoslovakia
• Tsjechoslowakije
• Prag
• Tschechische Republik
• Czechoslovakia > Politics and government > 1945-1992

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-310) and index.

Contents

Journey with my Lost Father -- Lonely Times -- The Safety of Bratislava -- Rudolf -- Heda -- Rudolf: Into Adulthood -- Heda: Life's Endings and Beginnigs -- Between the Wars -- An Impotent Army -- Chances of Survival -- Transport to Lodz -- A Stumble out of Auschwitz-Birkenau -- Return to Prague -- From Idealism into Self-Destruction -- Politics Taking Over -- Stranded in the Forcefully Distorted Economy -- The Soviets Arrive -- Journeys of Misunderstanding -- Towards Manufactured Guilt -- Ways into Detention -- To Nowhere -- In the Name of the Party -- Making Trade -- Ruzyne Interlude -- The Theatre of Absurdity -- A Trip to the Land of No Return -- The Last Journey -- Sinking Deeper -- Towards Beauty -- A Walk from School -- Youthful Dreams -- The Emergence of Truth -- Living Anew.

ISBN

• 0470022191
• 9780470022191

LCCN

• 2006297222
• 9780470022191

OCLC

• ocm63186141
• 63186141
• SCSB-14415719

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library