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The fourth and final volume of the highly-acclaimed autobiographical cycle of Jewish memoir and history.
Bridge Builder: My Life Since the Holocaust is the fourth and final volume of Shimon Redlich's autobiographical cycle, which began with Together and Apart in Brezany (2002), a description of relations among Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in his native town and his survival during the Holocaust. It continued with Life in Transit (2010), an account of his family's resettlement in postwar Lodz and a new life in Israel. A New Life in Israel (2018) portrayed his adjustment to life on a kibbutz and service in the Israel Defense Forces. In Bridge Builder, Redlich recounts his life since the late fifties. It features his academic journey from student in Jerusalem and the US to professor at Ben-Gurion University, his friendships, his encounters with Jews and non-Jews in Eastern Europe, and his unconventional approach to controversial topics. As in previous volumes, in Bridge Builder Redlich's own memories are supported and enriched by meticulous historical research.
Contents
Prologue: Joanna Beata Michlic
Jerusalem, 1957-1962
America, 1962-1968
Return to Israel
Friends and Colleagues
Germany and Germans
In Gorbachev's Russia
Ukraine and Ukrainians
Sheptytsky's Advocate
Life with Books
Poland and Poles
Epilogue. Aging in the Shadow of a Pandemic and War
