Our Only Hope : Eddie's Holocaust Story and the Weisz Family Correspondence (Studies in the Shoah Series)

Pickus, Keith H./ Garber, Zev (EDT)

University Press of America（2008/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 112 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761839200
• DDC分類 940.5318

Full Description

Our Only Hope is based on correspondence between Eddie Weisz, a German Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, and his family (father, mother, and brother) who remained behind, first in Berlin and then Prague. Like many German Jewish families, Eddie's parents sent their eldest child to America hoping that he could pave the way for the rest of the family to follow. The story is a deeply personal account of how the Nazi phenomenon affected a single family. It gives voice to victims of the Holocaust, people whose experiences are typically told through the eyes of survivors and perpetrators. Through this narrative, Our Only Hope illuminates an ironic and tragic dualism: the steady deterioration of life's circumstances for the Weisz family that is left behind, countered by the transformation of Eddie Weisz into an independent adult and American citizen.

Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Leaving Home Chapter 4 From Berlin to Prague Chapter 5 The First Prague Fall, October-December 1938 Chapter 6 Life in Prague Chapter 7 The Return of the Jackal Chapter 8 War in Europe Chapter 9 1941 Chapter 10 The Search for Eddie's Family Part 11 Epilogue