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This book takes the reader through Dr. Włodzimierz Szer’s childhood in Yiddish prewar Warsaw, adolescence and imprisonment in wartime Russia, to the brutal reality of immediate postwar Poland, and the years of the socialist regime. Although largely autobiographical, the book provides a historically and intellectually compelling analysis of the social and political situation in Poland and Soviet Russia from the early 1930s to 1967.
Price: $39.00
Pages: 234
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Jews of Poland
Publication Date:
30 March 2016
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781618114785
Format: Hardcover
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"Szer’s memoir is remarkable for its elevated social and historical register, and it is fortunate to have received the attention of a careful publisher. It brings a markedly different tone from accounts of Jews caught in the daily struggle for survival in the General Government…the memoir is an homage to the powerful legacy of the Bund…"
— Tomasz Frydel, University of Toronto, Canadian Slavonic Papers
— Tomasz Frydel, University of Toronto, Canadian Slavonic Papers
Włodzimierz Szer was a Professor of Biochemistry at NYU, who authored 170 papers, educated generations of students, and raised a family. He spoke several languages fluently and flawlessly, including Polish, English, Yiddish, and Russian. He loved chess, travel, good company, food, and a drink. He was politically astute, deeply well-informed, and a wonderful storyteller.
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part I: Before the War
Part II: The War
Part III: After the War
Afterword
Index