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The Pessimist's Son: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798887198002)
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Alexander Kimel
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xA personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths. It is the compelling memoir of Alexander Kimel, taking him from a shtetl in the Polish Ukraine to a Nazi ghetto to liberation. It is also the harrowing story of his wife, Eva, whose father is murdered in the "Holocaust by Bullets." A dialog across generations with narrative written by their son, the book is a rare portrayal of Jewish survivors who remained in Communist Poland after the war. It is a story of the many challenges they faced and the life they built together after quitting Poland in 1956 for Israel, ultimately emigrating to America. By including the stories of other family members, the book also provides a panoramic view of Polish Jewry before, during, and after the war.
Author: Alexander Kimel, Martin Kimel
ISBN-13: 9798887198002
Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Author: Alexander Kimel, Martin Kimel
ISBN-13: 9798887198002
Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
By Alexander Kimel
xAlexander Kimel was born in Podhajce, Poland (now Pidhaitsi, Ukraine) in 1926. After the war, he earned a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering at the Wroclaw Polytechnic University in Poland. In the U.S., he started and ran a consulting engineering firm. Poems from his award-winning website on the Holocaust have been used in schools, universities and exhibits, widely reprinted, and recited on YouTube. He died in 2018.
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