Konin One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community

Name: Konin One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community
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ISBN: 9780679758235

ISBN-10: 0679758232

ISBN-13: 9780679758235

Edition: N/A

Authors: Theo Richmond

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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. "A fascinating memorial to a lost community and the people who…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English