Overview
- Summary
- An exceptional book about extraordinary people living in extraordinary times. This is a biography of Lonek Lew, the author's father, told through the lives of over twenty people he was friendly or associated with, a number of whom were historical figures. Using his father's clear and detailed accounts of his life in pre-war Poland, the Holocaust and his colourful life in Melbourne, as well as personal meetings and memories, the author assembles portraits of extraordinary people living through extraordinary events.
- Other Title
- Stories our parents found too painful to tell.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Ormond, Vic. : Hybrid, [2012]
©2012 - Locale
- Australia
Melbourne (Vic.)
Poland - Notes
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"A quasi sequel to the highly successful The Stories Our Parents Found Too Painful To Tell"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342).
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781921665653
1921665653 - Physical Description
- vi, 344 pages ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Biography. Refugees--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, Polish. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Polish Australians--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Biography. Poland--Social life and customs--1918-1945. Biographies. Personal narratives. Lew, Lonek.
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