Bernard Gotfryd
Autor(a) de Anton the Dove Fancier and Other Tales of the Holocaust
About the Author
Bernard Gotfryd was born in Radom, Poland. During World War II he was involved with the Polish underground until being imprisoned by the Nazis. He spent time in six concentration camps before his liberation from Gusen II in May of 1945. Two years later he emigrated to the United States, where he mostrar mais served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps before joining the staff of Newsweek in 1957 mostrar menos
Obras por Bernard Gotfryd
I Can See Them in My Dreams 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1924
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Poland (birth)
USA - Local de nascimento
- Radom, Poland
- Ocupações
- photographer
photojournalist
Membros
Críticas
Anton the Dove Fancier: Anton the Dove Fancier por Gotfryd
A well-written book of short stories, remembrances of the dark days of WWII for the Jews of Radom, Poland. The author looks back and gives us an account of his interaction with a person or circumstance that gives to us a sharp emotional response and sense of wonder. We explore the effects of guilt, memory, kindness, brutality--all against a bleak background of unimaginable acts. The author endured 6 different concentration camps and managed to survive with his integrity and mental health intact. There are several very fine stories taking place immediately after his liberation when he roamed the streets and cities of post-war Europe. The stories encapsulate the German mind-set of "we didn't know" and the continuing hatred and violence toward the Jews.… (mais)
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Jewish Books (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 104
- Popularidade
- #184,481
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
- Línguas
- 1