| Children of Zion Translated Edition Contributor(s): Grynberg, Henryk (Author), Mitchell, Jacqueline (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810113538 ISBN-13: 9780810113534 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: In this book, Henryk Grynberg takes an extraordinary collection of interviews conducted by representatives of the Polish government in exile in Palestine in 1943 and arranges them in such a way that their voices become unforgettable. The interviewees -- all Polish children -- tell of the experiences during the war. Grynberg has not used the traditional form, but rather turns the voices of the children into one large "choral" group. This technique gives the reader the impression of overwhelming sameness while paradoxically featuring the subtle differences in the children's experiences. In the first section, the children recall their lives before the war (most were well off). They discuss their memories of when the war broke out, the arrival of the Germans and the Russians, and their journeys into, and experiences in, exile. We also hear them talk about the increasingly desperate conditions after the Sikorski Agreement allowed them to leave the work camps, and the ways many of them coped as orphans. The cumulative effect of so many different voices discussing similar horrors is shocking, and makes this book unlike any other work on the Holocaust. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Biography & Autobiography - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 97039677 |
| Series: Jewish Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.77" W x 9.09" (0.91 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Children of Zion, Henryk Grynberg takes an extraordinary collection of interviews conducted by representatives of the Polish government-in-exile in Palestine in 1943 and arranges them in such a way that their voices become unforgettable. The interviewees--all Polish children--tell of their wartime experiences. Rather than using traditional form, Grynberg has turned their voices into a large choral group. The children recall their lives before the war (most were well off), their memories of the war's outbreak and the arrival of the Germans and Russians, and their experiences after leaving work camps and the ways many coped with their lives as orphans. |