Overview
- Summary
- Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the contentious birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Viking, 2013
©2013 - Locale
- Belarus
United States
Palestine
Valozhyn (Belarus) - Contents
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Volozhin
The move to Rakov
The making of a revolutionary
The boys
Lower East Side
The birth of a business
Socialist in a black satin dress
First World War
Pioneers
The Depression
"We will be glad to take you back"
In love in the land
Return to Rakov
"The world of tomorrow"
Second World War
Under the big ones
"They snatch whole streets"
"Aktion"
Vilna Ghetto
Yom Kippur, 1941
Wonder girl
Breakdowns
Despairing people
Klooga
Postwar. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-371) and index.
Volozhin -- The move to Rakov -- The making of a revolutionary -- The boys -- Lower East Side -- The birth of a business -- Socialist in a black satin dress -- First World War -- Pioneers -- The Depression -- "We will be glad to take you back" -- In love in the land -- Return to Rakov -- "The world of tomorrow" -- Second World War -- Under the big ones -- "They snatch whole streets" -- "Aktion" -- Vilna Ghetto -- Yom Kippur, 1941 -- Wonder girl -- Breakdowns -- Despairing people -- Klooga -- Postwar.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670025473
067002547X - Physical Description
- xi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2024-06-21 22:00:00
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