| A Breed Apart: A Miraculous Escape from Russia: From DP Camp to Columbia University and Beyond Contributor(s): Hoffman, Miriam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0999336509 ISBN-13: 9780999336502 Publisher: Yiddishkayt Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.64 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Remarkable Historical Journey and LegacyFrom Siberia to Columbia University, this epic tale of war and survival is seen through the eyes of a young Miriam Hoffman and her father, Chaim Schmulewitz, a well-respected columnist of the Yiddish press Undzerweg.Highly personal and historic, A Breed Apart brings to light the oppression of the Soviet regime, the five-year history of the Displaced Persons Refugee Camps (DP camps) in Germany from 1946 to 1951, the struggles of post-World War II anti-Semitism, and Professor Hoffman's coming of age in America. |