| The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust Contributor(s): Whitehouse, Rosie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1787383776 ISBN-13: 9781787383777 Publisher: Hurst & Co. OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.60 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One summer's night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had survived Auschwitz, hidden and fought in forests and endured death marches--now they were taking on the Royal Navy, running the British blockade of Palestine. From Eastern Europe to Israel via Germany and Italy, Rosie Whitehouse follows in the footsteps of those secret passengers, uncovering their extraordinary stories--some told for the first time. Who were those people on the beach? Where and what had they come from, and how had they survived? Why, after being liberated, did so many Jews still feel unsafe in Europe? How do we--and don't we--remember the Holocaust today? This remarkable, important book digs deep and travels far in search of answers. |
