- Summary
- "In the 1930s, René Goldman grows up entranced with theatre, music, languages and geography. Enveloped by his parents' love and protection, he wanders the streets and alleys of Luxembourg and Brussels, carefree and prone to mischief. Yet as he starts hearing adults speak the words "deportation" and "resettlement," René is forced to grapple with a strange, new reality. In 1942, when his family flees to France, eight-year-old René is separated from his parents and shunted between children's homes and convents, where he must hide both his identity and his mounting anxiety. As René waits and waits for his parents to return, even liberation day does not feel like freedom. An eloquent personal narrative detailed with historical research and intuitive observations, A Childhood Adrift explores identity, closure, disillusionment and the anguish of silenced emotions."-- Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. Series 9
Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Goldman, René, 1934- author.
- Published
- Toronto : The Azrieli Foundation, 2017
- Locale
- France
Canada
- Contents
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Foreword
Luxembourg
Belgium
In France
Vendœuvres
Les Besses
Lyon
The last summer
Liberation and change
To Paris and beyond
English interlude
Le Raincy and Livry-Gargan
Vacation in Poland
Farewell to France
Challenges and friendships
China beckons
Afterword
Poems.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Azrieli Foundation, issuing body.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Foreword -- Luxembourg -- Belgium -- In France -- Vendœuvres -- Les Besses -- Lyon -- The last summer -- Liberation and change -- To Paris and beyond -- English interlude -- Le Raincy and Livry-Gargan -- Vacation in Poland -- Farewell to France -- Challenges and friendships -- China beckons -- Afterword -- Poems.
