Surviving Hitler. An Antwerp Jew’s Compelling Testimony

This brief article represents some of the principal episodes that Alter Kleiman recorded while in hiding from 1942-1944. These serve as a summary and analysis of his work. The original memoir, published in Tel Aviv (1970), appeared in Yiddish, titled On Foreign Soil (Oyf Fremder Erd). Based on my r...

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Autore principale: Kleiman, Jeffrey
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Les Cahiers de la mémoire contemporaine 2019
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:This brief article represents some of the principal episodes that Alter Kleiman recorded while in hiding from 1942-1944. These serve as a summary and analysis of his work. The original memoir, published in Tel Aviv (1970), appeared in Yiddish, titled On Foreign Soil (Oyf Fremder Erd). Based on my recent translation, Kleiman offers us some narrative of his experiences as he tried to navigate the rise of anti-Semitism before the war, struggled to provide for his family through the German occup...