Narrow Escapes Childhood Memories of the Holocaust and their Legacy, Revised Edition

by Oliner, Samuel

• ISBN13: 9781557787927
• ISBN10: 1557787921
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-27
• Publisher: Paragon House

Summary

Narrow escapes defines Samuel Oliner's life in more ways than one. Not only is he a Holocaust survivor who barely eluded the genocidal "Final Solution" that Nazi Germany unleashed on the European Jews during the Second World War, but Oliner is also a ground-breaking Holocaust scholar who has focused attention on the rescuers - small in number but immensely significant nonetheless - who risked their lives to give Jews narrow life-saving escapes during those dark times. Oliner's personal experience of the Holocaust produced memories that have never left him. Oliner's significant epilogue in this new edition both updates his story and and helps to show how his narrow escape led to a remarkable career.

Author Biography

Samuel P. Oliner is a professor of Sociology at Humboldt State University, in Arcata, CA.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Introduction	xvii
The Escape	1	(14)
Death is Only for a Little While	15	(8)
Cheder and Mr. Hershel	23	(24)
Bergmann the Defender	47	(40)
Jusek the Penknife Stealer	87	(18)
Never to Forget	105	(10)
Some Fought Back	115	(16)
Retribution Begins	131	(14)
The Liberators	145	(18)
Epilogue	163	(54)
Bibliography	217