{"product_id":"pappus-sherwin-gluck-9780967254364","title":"Pappus: The Saga of a Jewish Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePappus \u003c\/b\u003e-- The Saga \u003c\/i\u003eof\u003ci\u003e a Jewish Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e70 letter writers - all interconnected. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1,823 letters - one story. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis remarkably comprehensive collection of letters written just before, during, and after World War II documents the experiences of an observant Jewish family from Polyán, Czechoslovakia - a small agricultural village. Of six siblings, one emigrated to America in 1938, four more in 1940, and one remained behind with his wife, little children, and elderly father. Written predominantly in Hungarian, English, or both, these letters memorialize and illuminate the lives of ordinary people enduring extraordinary events. \u003cb\u003eThrough them, experience history as it unfolds. Read letters from children learning to write, grandparents living out their golden years, family, friends, and neighbors - Jew and Gentile alike.\u003c\/b\u003e Some will become martyrs, others survivors. A few will be enablers, collaborators, and perpetrators. Painstakingly written on thin airmail paper, v-mail, or plain stationary, they bear postmarks from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, New York, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, California, Missouri, Algeria, Italy, France, Germany, Iceland, Sweden, the Philippines, Florida, and Israel. This volume contains the complete, translated personal correspondence in the family's special collection now housed in the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The letters are all encompassing and their historic value is immeasurable. As primary sources, they give a contemporaneous account of the events the writers lived through, undistorted by the passage of time. It is the definitive companion text to \u003ci\u003ePrivate Good Luck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAs I remember...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is my family's story, in their own words.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherwin Gluck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0967254361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780967254364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tisza Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.64d","brand":"Sherwin Gluck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799447679231,"sku":"9780967254364","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pappus-sherwin-gluck-9780967254364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}