LEADER 04954cam a22006618i 4500001 253565 005 20240621230518.0 008 160523t20162016inu b 000 0aeng 010 2016023973 020 9780268101220 |q(hardback) 020 0268101221 |q(hardcover) 020 9780268101237 |q(paper) 020 026810123X |q(paper) 020 |z9780268101244 |q(pdf) 020 |z0268101248 |q(pdf) 020 |z9780268101251 |q(epub) 020 |z0268101256 |q(epub) 035 (OCoLC)ocn950611535 035 253565 042 pcc 043 e-hu--- 049 LHMA 041 1 eng |hfre 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dBDX |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dCOO |dIUL |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 DS135.H93 |bH64813 2016 100 1 Hollander-Lafon, Magda, |eauthor. 240 10 Quatre petits bouts de pain. |lEnglish 245 10 Four scraps of bread : |b(quatre petits bouts de pain) / |cMagda Hollander-Lafon ; translated by Anthony T. Fuller. 246 30 Quatre petits bouts de pain 263 1607 264 4 |c©2016 264 1 Notre Dame : |bUniversity of Notre Dame Press, |c[2016] 300 x, 111 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 "Born in Hungary in 1927, Magda Hollander-Lafon was among the 437,000 Jews deported from Hungary between May and July 1944. Magda, her mother, and her younger sister survived a three-day deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; there, she was considered fit for work and so spared, while her mother and sister were sent straight to their deaths. Hollander-Lafon recalls an experience she had in Birkenau: "A dying woman gestured to me: as she opened her hand to reveal four scraps of moldy bread, she said to me in a barely audible voice, 'Take it. You are young. You must live to be a witness to what is happening here. You must tell people so that this never happens again in the world.' I took those four scraps of bread and ate them in front of her. In her look I read both kindness and release. I was very young and did not understand what this act meant, or the responsibility that it represented." Years later, the memory of that woman's act came to the fore, and Magda Hollander-Lafon could be silent no longer. In her words, she wrote her book not to obey the duty of remembering but in loyalty to the memory of those women and men who disappeared before her eyes. Her story is not a simple memoir or chronology of events. Instead, through a series of short chapters, she invites us to reflect on what she has endured. Often centered on one person or place, the scenes of brutality and horror she describes are intermixed with reflections of a more meditative cast. Four Scraps of Bread is both historical and deeply evocative, melancholic, and at times poetic in nature. Following the text is a "Historical Note" with a chronology of the author's life that complements her kaleidoscopic style. After liberation and a period in transit camps, she arrived in Belgium, where she remained. Eventually, she chose to be baptized a Christian and pursued a career as a child psychologist. The author records a journey through extreme suffering and loss that led to radiant personal growth and a life of meaning. As she states: "Today I do not feel like a victim of the Holocaust but a witness reconciled with myself." Her ability to confront her experiences and free herself from her trauma allowed her to embrace a life of hope and peace. Her account is, finally, an exhortation to us all to discover life-giving joy"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Hollander-Lafon, Magda. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zHungary |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust |zHungary |vBiography. 610 20 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |vBiography. 650 0 Jews |zHungary |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust survivors |vBiography. 600 17 Hollander-Lafon, Magda. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00028704 610 27 Birkenau (Concentration camp) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00723826 611 07 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 650 7 Holocaust survivors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958838 650 7 Jewish children in the Holocaust. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00982706 650 7 Jews. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983135 651 7 Hungary. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205132 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 776 08 |iOnline version:Hollander-Lafon, Magda, author. |tFour scraps of bread. |dNotre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016] |z9780268101244 |w(DLC) 2016024285 852 0 |bstacks |hDS135.H93 |iH64813 2016 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.H93 |iH64813 2016 |tc. 2