Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival

by Gold, Alison Leslie

• ISBN13: 9781585422593
• ISBN10: 1585422592
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-25
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

In this important new addition to the literature of World War II, Alison Leslie Gold links together the harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of individuals who lived through this dark period in human history. Meditating on such themes as kindness, love, and art, their stories shed light upon the various forces that gave people the strength and courage to survive. From the story of a young Jewish woman who defied death to keep a promise she made to her dead mother to protect her baby sister, to the story of a young Berlin boy, the son of a Nazi, who separated from his father to discover a lifelong passion for the theater, Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival uncovers the glowing sparks of hope and human kindness that carried people through these tragic times.

Author Biography

Alison Leslie Gold is the author of Anne Frank Remembered, an international bestseller that has been translated into eighteen languages and was included as one of the "Best of Best" one hundred books in the past twenty-five years by the American Library Association.

Table of Contents

The Archaeology of Survival	p. 1
Unusual Resolve	p. 11
Iakovos Kambanellis	p. 11
Leo Bretholz	p. 22
Rudolf Vrba	p. 37
Family Bonds	p. 53
Rena Kornreich	p. 53
Romain Gary	p. 62
Human Kindness	p. 71
Eric Newby	p. 72
Ruth Jacobsen	p. 79
Solly Genkind	p. 85
Uncanny Luck	p. 105
Nahum Kohn	p. 105
Kati Kadelburger	p. 113
Jules Schelvis	p. 119
Supernatural Factors	p. 125
Joseph Bau	p. 126
Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches	p. 137
What Slipped Through the Fingers of Death	p. 149
The Survival of Literature	p. 155
The Survival of Theater	p. 159
Benno Meyer-Wehlack	p. 159
The Survival of Art	p. 169
Karl Sirovy	p. 169
The Survival of Love	p. 176
Simon and Cyla Wiesenthal	p. 176
The Survival of Music	p. 199
Wladyslaw Szpilman	p. 199
The Survival of Sense	p. 210
Gloria Lyon	p. 210
The Survival of Memory	p. 218
Adina Blady Szwajger	p. 218
Zahava Bromberg	p. 223
Afterword: Remembrance	p. 229
Acknowledgments	p. 237
Bibliography and Permissions	p. 239
Illustration Credits	p. 243
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