Download or read book I m No Hero written by Henry Friedman and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Friedman was robbed of his adolescence by the monstrous evil that annihilated millions of European Jews and changed forever the lives of those who survived. When the Nazis overran their home town near the Polish-Ukrainian border, the Friedman family was saved by Ukrainian Christians who had worked at their farm. Henry, his mother, his younger brother, and a young schoolteacher—who had been hired by his father when Jews were forbidden to attend school—were hidden in a loft over the animal stalls at a neighbor’s farm; his father hid in another hayloft half a mile away. When the family was liberated by the Russians after eighteen months in hiding, Henry, at age fifteen, was emaciated and too weak to walk. The Friedmans eventually made their way to a displaced persons camp in Austria where Henry learned quickly to wheel and deal, seducing women of various ages and nationalities and mastering the intricacies of dealing in the black market. In I’m No Hero, he confronts with unblinking honesty the pain, the shame, and the bizarre comedy of his passage to adulthood. The family came to Seattle in 1949, where Henry Friedman has made his home ever since. In 1988 he returned with his wife to Brody and Suchowola, where he succeeded in finding Julia Symchuk, who, as a young girl, had warned his father that the Gestapo was looking for him, and whose family had hidden the Friedmans in their loft. The following year he was able to bring Julia to Seattle for a triumphal visit, where she was honored in many ways, although, as Friedman writes, “in her own country she had never been honored with anything except hard work.” Like many other survivors, Henry Friedman has found it difficult to confront his past. Like others, too, he has felt the obligation to bear witness. Now retired, he devotes much of his time to telling his story, which he believes is a message of hope, to thousands of schoolchildren throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has received national recognition for his role in establishing the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, and as a founder of the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.
Download or read book I m Off to Krakow written by Mementos and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love Krakow? This 6 x 9 inches blank lined paper notebook with 108 pages is designed for you and anyone who is from Krakow or likes to visit Poland.A great souvenir, birthday or holiday gift idea.
Download or read book LSAmagazine written by University of Michigan. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1992 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journey to Polonia written by Geraldine Prusko and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating her family history helps a teenager heal after a brutal attack. Olivia, 17, becomes the victim of a rape by someone she knows on her way home from school. Unwilling to face her classmates, she turns to her extended family while she heals, listening to stones about their journeys from Poland in the late 19th century. Her grandmother's story touches her deeply. She hears about Albert and Sara, who leave for America just one step ahead of revenue agents; Peter and Ursula, who dream of a land without oppression; and Francis and Anna, who emigrate rather than endure rule by the Russians, even though Anna was forced to travel alone. Listening to their stories brings strength to Olivia, who learns of their courage in creating new lives. Set in the 1960s, the novel also highlights the history of Poland in the 1800s, when it existed mainly in the minds of its people because the country did not exist from 1795 to 1918. Without a homeland to call their own, immigrants to the United States had to claim Germany, Russia or Austria as their native country, and more than a million did so in that timeframe. Like Olivia's ancestors, they found community in neighborhoods and Roman Catholic churches that spoke their language and followed Polish customs. Journey to Polonia echoes the author's own family history of immigrants and will resonate with anyone who has taken a chance on a better way of life.
Download or read book 1 260 Days written by Craig Conte and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1,260 Days is a journey to a foreign land, a detour called a shortcut in a cab. It's riding on a night train in a warm sweat as you hear the choo choo chuggen down the tracks. It's a vision in a restless dream, a nightmare with a bloody scene, a demon putting thoughts into your head. 1,260 Days is about the man in black. It's about a work shift. It's about a suicidal note. It's the unheard music. It's a forty-day fast. It's a severed artery. It's an itchy rash. 1,260 Days is a holy book. It's a trumpet being blown upon a hill. It's a paradox. It's a riddle. It's a jest. It's hope. It's change. It's woe. It's greed. It's me. It's you. It's them. It's us. 1,260 Days is about the end of the world. "I found myself alternately astounded, intrigued, and ultimately jealous of Enoch, whose adventures on a daily basis made my own life seem small and mundane by comparison." Rich Marotta, KFI Radio Inducted 2011, Southern California Sportscasters Hall of Fame "Brilliant 'manure'vres of narrative wreaking havoc upon accepted norms." Tortelvis of Dread Zeppelin "An honest and straightforward book, one man's experiment with disgrace takes on an aura of supernaturally experienced grace. Easy on the ear and steering clear of massaging his own story-telling of an awfully curious humanity, Conte gives a read hell-bent on making us experience the nit and grit of rubbing up against the taboos binding human pleasure." Scott Hartstein, Author of Adagia
Download or read book Stories from Elsewhere written by Jim Curtiss and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-05-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fictional and non-fictional stories, inclduing excerpts from the novel Every Thing Counts (The Akashic Reader), where author brings together his wry observations of life among Czechs, the Dutch, the Germans, the Italians, the Polish and the Spanish.
Download or read book Push Not the River written by James Conroyd Martin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic and epic novel in the grand romantic style, Push Not the River is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700s--a time of heartache and turmoil as the country's once peaceful people are being torn apart by neighboring countries and divided loyalties. It is then, at the young and vulnerable age of seventeen, when Lady Anna Maria Berezowska loses both of her parents and must leave the only home she has ever known. With Empress Catherine's Russian armies streaming in to take their spoils, Anna is quickly thrust into a world of love and hate, loyalty and deceit, patriotism and treason, life and death. Even kind Aunt Stella, Anna's new guardian who soon comes to personify Poland's courage and spirit, can't protect Anna from the uncertain future of the country. Anna, a child no longer, turns to love and comfort in the form of Jan, a brave patriot and architect of democracy, unaware that her beautiful and enigmatic cousin Zofia has already set her sights on the handsome young fighter. Thus Anna walks unwittingly into Zofia's jealous wrath and darkly sinister intentions. Forced to survive several tragic events, many of them orchestrated by the crafty Zofia, a strengthened Anna begins to learn to place herself in the way of destiny--for love and for country. Heeding the proud spirit of her late father, Anna becomes a major player in the fight against the countries who come to partion her beloved Poland. Push Not the River is based on the true eighteenth century diary of Anna Maria Berezowska, a Polish countess who lived through the rise and fall of the historic Third of May Constitution. Vivid, romantic, and thrillingly paced, it paints the emotional and unforgettable story of the metamorphosis of a nation--and of a proud and resilient young woman.
Download or read book A Long Long Time Ago Essentially True written by Brigid Pasulka and published by HMH. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PEN/Hemingway Award Winner: A “gorgeous” novel weaving together stories of Poland past and present in one whimsically romantic epic (Chicago Tribune). On the eve of World War II, in a small Polish village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To build a place in Anielica’s heart, he transforms her family’s modest hut into a beautiful home. But war arrives, cutting short their courtship and sending the young lovers off to the promise of a fresh start in Krakow. Nearly fifty years later, the couple’s granddaughter, Beata, repeats this journey, seeking a new life in the fairy-tale city of her grandmother’s stories. But instead of the rumored prosperity of the New Poland, she discovers a city full of frustrated youths, caught between its future and its past. Taken in by her tough-talking cousin, Irena, and her glamorous daughter, Magda, Beata struggles to find her own place in the world. But unexpected events—tragedies and miracles both—change lives and open eyes. “A whimsical debut,” (New York Times Book Review) A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair. This magical, heartbreaking novel “rings hauntingly, enchantingly, real” (National Geographic Traveler). “With a touch of Marina Lewycka and a dash of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, this is storytelling that gets under your skin and forces you to press copies into your best friends’ hands.” —Elle (UK) “Funny and romantic like all the best true stories.” —Charlotte Mendelson, author of When We Were Bad
Download or read book The Altered I written by April Voytko Kempler and published by LeRue Press (LRP). This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Altered I is a compelling story!” Jan B. “Everyone should read The Altered I. It gave me chills.” Ryan K. "The Altered I may be one of those books that we have a responsibility to read as members of humanity, as curators of this part of our history. It's a story that can't be told enough." Ken H. The Altered I is a memoir of Holocaust survivor, Joseph Kempler who lived in six different concentration camps. He lost his God, but he never seemed to lose his way. Enduring unspeakable cruelty, Jozef forces himself to deaden his emotions to survive.
Download or read book Body Soul written by Allison Crawford and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body & Soul features inspiring and award-winning fiction, essays, memoirs, poetry, photography, and visual art on the universal themes of wellness, treatment, and healing.
Download or read book A Clattering of Jackdaws written by Tony Jackson and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karel Zajic arrives at work in Poland to find his future in ruins. Moving to Levensbridge in England a chance meeting looks to have solved all his problems, but huge risks are involved. Postman Danny Mason gets a deal which looks to have secured a bright future for himself, but he is treading on dangerous ground. D S Bene Douglas of Levensbridge C I D suddenly finds himself working alone. Suspicious deaths, drug dealing, and a suspect colleague all combine to guarantee a chilling climax, where his own life hangs precariously in the balance.
Download or read book The Train was on Time written by Heinrich Böll and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snowed In written by Christina Bartolomeo and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No job. No heat. The wrong shoes. The wrong clothes. Discover if true love can be far behind. Imagine having always lived in Washington, D.C., and suddenly being stuck in Portland, Maine, for a year. With the pipes freezing---inside the house. And a husband who seems to have his eye on a hiking-booted L.L.Bean femme fatale rather than you. Not to mention the mother-in-law from hell who never fails to let you know that you leave much to be desired. That's Sophie Quinn's life. Lucky for Sophie (an unassertive type who's always favored daydreams over day planners), her new life is about to throw in her lap some weird and valuable opportunities to trample down her fears and transform her prospects for happiness. And true love just might come knocking on her door.... For any woman who has ever had to confront the landlord about the heat, for any woman who has ever longed for impractical shoes instead of sturdy winter boots, for any woman who has ever been in the wrong place at the right time, Snowed In will have you laughing, crying, and rooting for Sophie Quinn.
Download or read book Cracow written by Andrew Beattie and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Visitors Guides are practical guides designed for the independent traveller. They are written in the form of touring itineraries and include maps and twon plans with plenty of colour photographs to whet the appetite whilst still at home.
Download or read book The Villages written by Dave Hutchinson and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh out of University, young Tim Ramsay is ready to make his mark in the world. Desperate for work, he agrees to take on the low-paying thankless job of researcher for Lonesome Charley Productions -- an indendant film company putting together the definative historical documentary of Hitler's Blitz on London during WWII. Before the movie is anywhere near completion, Lonesome Charley's boss, along with his secretary, disappear without a trace. Poor Tim finds himself holding the bag, with television sponsors, bill collectors, and the police all crawling down his neck for money and explanations -- neither of which Tim has. Determined to track down his boss, Tim sets out on a search that will take him from England to Poland, where he'll stumble upon a remarkable life-altering secret in places known only as... The Villages.
Download or read book I M Home I M Home written by Paula Cytryn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Cohens parents had promised to pay for a trip to Poland to visit her grandparents when she graduated from college. In 1939, the time has come. But the news from abroad isnt promising and make them wary and far from enthused about Ellens visit to Europe. Ellen is not deterred. She leaves New York, journeys to Poland, and ultimately struggles to survive the horrors of World War II. Her travels take her across Europe, to the Taiga of Siberia, and Central Asia. Ellen is both betrayed and her trust misplaced as her plight grows darker and darker with no hope in sight. Its only because of her will to live that shes able to return to New York. But a surprise awaits, one for which she is completely unprepared. A coming-of-age story set during one of the most volatile times in history, Im Home Im Home narrates Ellens story as she suffers the evils of mankind and the horrors of being alone in a strange world where little mercy is found.
Download or read book The Stories of Heinrich B ll written by Heinrich Böll and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 63 stories and novellas by one of Germany's greatest writers.
