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Memoirs of an Unfortunate Person
An English translation of a Yiddish manuscript, written by Moty (Mordechai) Stromer (1910-1993) in April-May 1944, while he was hiding at the Jagonia (now Yahidnya) farm, waiting for the liberation of the area from the Nazis. Contains memoirs and diary notes. The German occupation caught Stromer in Kamionka Strumilowa, near Lvov. After having been brutally beaten by Ukrainians, Stromer fled to Lvov and entered the ghetto. In June 1943, having survived numerous Nazi murder actions and forced labor in the Janówska camp, and having lost all of his relatives, Stromer escaped from the ghetto and was hidden by his neighbors in Kamionka, the ethnic German farmer Józef Streker and his wife. After the war Stromer settled in the USA.
On the Fields of Loneliness
Memoirs of a Jew born in 1930 in Brzeżany (eastern Galicia). Notes that the Soviet occupation of his town in 1939-41 did not halt antisemitism, but rather reinforced it. Under German occupation, Altman's father was killed on Yom Kippur of 1941. With his mother and sisters, he attempted to leave Brzeżany and hide with non-Jews; but his three sisters were killed, and he and his mother returned to the Brzeżany ghetto. After the last roundup in June 1943, during which he hid in a bunker prepared by relatives, Altman left the town. He lived in a small family camp in the forest, but after a Nazi raid, he, his cousin and her fiancé left the camp and were hidden and helped by various Polish and Ukrainian peasants. In 1944 they were liberated by the Soviets. After the war, Altman settled in the USA.
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Escaping Hell in Treblinka
Presents two accounts by Holocaust survivors. Cymlich's diary was written in 1943 in Polish; it appeared in Spanish translation as "Cuando vengas no encontrarás a nadie...: Diario de un joven judío en Polonia (1939-43)" (Buenos Aires: Acervo Cultural, 1999). The English translation was done by Jerzy Michalowicz. Strawczynski's memoirs appeared in English in "Clouds in the Thirties - on Antisemitism in Canada, 1929-1939" (Montreal: Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives, 1981), translated from the Yiddish ["Bleter far Geszichte" 27 (1989)] by Natalie (Nadia) Strawczynski Rotter.
Flora
Memoirs of Singer, born in 1930 in Antwerp to the Mendelovits family from Romania. Her father left for the U.S. in 1938; in 1940 she, her mother, and her two younger sisters experienced the Nazi occupation. They moved to Brussels to avoid deportation and were helped by several non-Jews, especially George Ranson, who provided work for the mother and a hiding place for the family in Brussels, and Father Bruno Reynders, who arranged for Flora to be hidden in three different convents in the area, along with her sisters and eventually her mother. They survived the war and were finally reunited with their husband and father in the USA. Singer later became active in survivor groups and in teaching about the Holocaust.
Detroit Perspectives
Using primary and secondary sources, Wilma Henrickson assembles a collection of documents related to decisive moments in the history of Detroit and the region, spanning the time from before statehood to the present. These were turning points for the region—life for the residents took a new direction, definitely closing off some options while accepting others. Some were brought about by accident; others were made by conscious decision. The consequences of some decisions were immediate, others appeared only after the accumulation of years. Among Henrickson's recurring themes are the destruction of the environment and its natural beauty, the lure of wealth, urban expansion and sprawl and civil rights. Selections include Lewis Cass' position paper on "Indian Removal," Jorge de Castellanos' article of "Black Slavery in Early Detroit," and excerpts from the writings of historian and mapmaker Silas farmer.
On the Fields of Loneliness
Memoirs of a Jew born in 1930 in Brzeżany (eastern Galicia). Notes that the Soviet occupation of his town in 1939-41 did not halt antisemitism, but rather reinforced it. Under German occupation, Altman's father was killed on Yom Kippur of 1941. With his mother and sisters, he attempted to leave Brzeżany and hide with non-Jews; but his three sisters were killed, and he and his mother returned to the Brzeżany ghetto. After the last roundup in June 1943, during which he hid in a bunker prepared by relatives, Altman left the town. He lived in a small family camp in the forest, but after a Nazi raid, he, his cousin and her fiancé left the camp and were hidden and helped by various Polish and Ukrainian peasants. In 1944 they were liberated by the Soviets. After the war, Altman settled in the USA.
