Surviving Theresienstadt
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Surviving Theresienstadt by Vera Schiff
When the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939, Vera Schiff and her family were sent to Theresienstadt. Shiff's intimate narrative of endurance recounts her family's three years in Theresienstadt, the challenges of life under postwar communism, and her escape to the nascent and turbulent state of Israel.
From the first edition: Winner, Elie Wiesel Prize in Holocaust Memoir—The Canadian Jewish Book Awards
The late Vera Schiff was a Holocaust survivor, educator and award winning author. In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate of Letters from the University of New Brunswick for her contributions to the field. In 2020 she was awarded the Order of Canada for her illustrious career as an author, historian and public speaker who was nationally recognized for sharing her moving experiences of the Holocaust. Cheryl A. Fury is a history professor at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in Canada. She has authored and edited a number of works on the social history of English seafarers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781476685557 |
| ISBN 10 | 147668555X |
| Title | Surviving Theresienstadt |
| Author | Vera Schiff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Year published | 2021-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 267 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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