After the Holocaust the bells still ring
(Book)
Author
Published
Jerusalem, Israel : Urim Publications, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9789655241624, 9655241629
Physical Desc
141 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
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Published
Jerusalem, Israel : Urim Publications, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9789655241624, 9655241629
Notes
Description
This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to reenter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one newly takes on the world, having lived in the midst of corpses strewn about in the scores of thousands, and how one can possibly resume life in the aftermath of such experiences. It is the story of the child who decides, upon growing up, that the only career that makes sense for him in light of these years of horror is to become someone sensitive to the deepest flaws of humanity, a teacher of God's role in history amidst the traditions that attempt to understand it--and to become a rabbi. Readers will not emerge unscathed from this searing work, written by a distinguished, Boston-based rabbi and academic.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Biographies.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Personal narratives.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Jews -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Mother and child -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Personal narratives.
Polak, Joseph, -- 1942-
Polak, Joseph, -- 1942- -- Philosophy.
Rabbis -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Westerbork (Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Biographies.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Personal narratives.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Jews -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Mother and child -- Netherlands -- Hague -- Biography.
Personal narratives.
Polak, Joseph, -- 1942-
Polak, Joseph, -- 1942- -- Philosophy.
Rabbis -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Westerbork (Concentration camp)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Polak, J. (2015). After the Holocaust the bells still ring (First edition.). Urim Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Polak, Joseph, 1942-. 2015. After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring. Urim Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Polak, Joseph, 1942-. After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring Urim Publications, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Polak, Joseph. After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring First edition., Urim Publications, 2015.
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