| Wayward Threads Contributor(s): Goldmann, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810115026 ISBN-13: 9780810115026 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: Wayward Threads is the story of Robert Goldmann's youth in Reinheim, a small village in Germany; his experience in the early Nazi years in Frankfurt; his forced emigration in 1939; and his subsequent career in the United States, including service with the Voice of America, brushes with McCarthyism, and a brief tenure as head of the European bureau of the Anti-Defamation League. Goldmann also discusses his later experiences and encounters with his native Germany. Well written and full of arresting vignettes, Wayward Threads stands out among other Holocaust memoirs for its strong American dimension. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97-42191 |
| Series: Jewish Lives (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.47" W x 8.66" (0.67 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wayward Threads is the story of Robert Goldmann's youth in Reinheim, a small German village; his experience in the early Nazi years in Frankfurt; his forced emigration in 1939; and his subsequent career in the United States, including service with the Voice of America, brushes with McCarthyism, and a brief tenure as head of the European bureau of the Anti-Defamation League. Goldmann also discusses his later experiences and encounters with his native Germany. Full of arresting vignettes, Wayward Threads stands out among other Holocaust memoirs for its strong American dimension. |