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Konin: One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679758235)
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Theo Richmond
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xThe internationally acclaimed story of a Jewish ghetto in a small town in Poland--and of one man's obsessive quest to discover its fate and its survivors after the Holocaust. - "A stunning achievement.... A deep and powerful book.... He has re-created a world." --The New York Times
In 1939 the Polish town of Konin vanished in the wake of Nazi occupation. Twenty-five years later, Theo Richmond set out to find what he could about that vanished world. He traveled across the United States, Europe, and Israel, tracing survivors and sifting through archives and the stories of those he interviewed. A project he thought would take six months took seven years. Finally he confronted the Konin of today. Interweaving past and present, Konin tells the story of one community--how it began, how it flourished, and how it ended--and in the process re-creates the precariousness, anguish and necessity of human memory.
Author: Theo Richmond
ISBN-10: 0679758232
ISBN-13: 9780679758235
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/27/1996
Pages: 574
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.62w x 1.38d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/08/1996 pg. 36
In 1939 the Polish town of Konin vanished in the wake of Nazi occupation. Twenty-five years later, Theo Richmond set out to find what he could about that vanished world. He traveled across the United States, Europe, and Israel, tracing survivors and sifting through archives and the stories of those he interviewed. A project he thought would take six months took seven years. Finally he confronted the Konin of today. Interweaving past and present, Konin tells the story of one community--how it began, how it flourished, and how it ended--and in the process re-creates the precariousness, anguish and necessity of human memory.
Author: Theo Richmond
ISBN-10: 0679758232
ISBN-13: 9780679758235
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/27/1996
Pages: 574
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.62w x 1.38d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/08/1996 pg. 36
By Theo Richmond
xTHEO RICHMOND was born in London and graduated with a degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. He wrote on historical subjects and the arts for leading newspapers and journals. As a documentary filmmaker, he scripted and directed award-winning television programs and educational films. He was married to the novelist Lee Langley. He died in 2022.
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