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008    171201s2017    onc           001 0aeng  
015    2017907489X |2can
020    9781988065267 |q(softcover)
020    1988065267
035    (OCoLC)ocn981116431
035    266280
043    e-xo---n-cn---
049    LHMA
040    NLC |beng |erda |cNLC |dYDX |dTOH |dBTCTA |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dLHM
090    D805.S56 |bT66 2017
100 1  Tomasov, Joseph, |d1920- |eauthor.
245 10 From loss to liberation / |cJoseph (Joe) Tomasov.
264  1 Toronto : |bThe Azrieli Foundation, |c2017.
300    xxxi, 179 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c23 cm.
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
490 1  Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. Series 9
500    Includes index.
520    "'At first we weren't sure what was happening, but by looking through a small ventilation pipe we soon found out. We saw the Germans, who had followed our footsteps in the snow. A group of four or five of them were moving three machine guns on skis along the road, continuously firing parallel to the horse stable and the roads. There was no way out.' Joseph Tomasov experiences loss even at a young age - being only three years old when his mother is placed in an institution and twelve when his father dies. At the age of nineteen, Joe is living in Czechoslovakia and working for a family as a tutor at the start of World War II. After being sent to a forced labour camp, Joe escapes and joins the Slovak resistance, fighting to free his country from the Nazi invaders. After the war's end, the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia complicates his plan to emigrate. Arrested and imprisoned for three years by the communist regime, Joe later returns to family life until confronted once again by another invasion, this time by the Soviets, and once again must choose freedom."-- |cProvided by publisher.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Tomasov, Joseph, |d1920-
600 10 Tomasov, Joseph, |d1920- |xChildhood and youth.
611 27 Uprising (Slovakia : 1944) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01355244
611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Slovak.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xUnderground movements |zSlovakia.
651  0 Slovakia |xHistory |yUprising, 1944.
650  0 Holocaust survivors |zCanada |vBiography.
650  7 Holocaust survivors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958838
650  7 Underground movements, War. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01355184
651  7 Canada. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204310
651  7 Slovakia. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01203007
648  7 1939-1945 |2fast
655  7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655  7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655  7 Personal narratives |vSlovak. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01424167
655  7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft
655  7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft
710 2  Azrieli Foundation, |eissuing body.
830  0 Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. |pSeries IX.
852 0   |bstacks |hD805.S56 |iT66 2017