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Sztetl: My Life in a Small Polish Town Before the Holocaust (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780595681945)
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Rose Fromm Kirsten
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xThis is the story of Chciny, my hometown in southern Poland, and of the people who lived there between the two world wars of the 20th Century.
The Nazi invasion of Poland in October 1939 started World War II. Millions of Polish Jews died in the ensuing Holocaust, including 4,000 citizens of Chciny, and 50 members of my family. I was lucky: my mother, brother, three sisters and I had joined my father in America in 1930. I finished high school in Chicago, went to college and graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School. I became a doctor and a psychiatrist, setting up a long and rewarding private practice in Los Angeles that spanned more than 50 years.
Like the wall paintings in Pompeii, which offer a glimpse into the daily life of that city before the volcano, I hope that these stories offer a glimpse into the daily life of my hometown before the Holocaust.
But most of all, this is the story of my family, and a tribute to my beloved Aunt Chana and her daughter, my cousin Rachel, whose courage and self-sacrifice saved Miriam-Chciny's youngest survivor of the Holocaust-from the Nazi murderers.
Author: Rose Fromm Kirsten
ISBN-10: 0595681948
ISBN-13: 9780595681945
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2007
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Rose Fromm Kirsten
xRose Fromm came to America in 1930 at the age of 17, speaking not a word of English. By 1938, she had graduated from high school, college, and then medical school. For the last 50 years, she has been one of the most respected psychiatrists in the nation.
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