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A Wall of Two: Poems of Resistance and Suffering from Kraków to Buchenwald and Beyond
Henia Karmel
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Description for A Wall of Two: Poems of Resistance and Suffering from Kraków to Buchenwald and Beyond
Paperback. Buchenwald survivors Ilona and Henia Karmel were seventeen and twenty years old when they entered the Nazi labor camps from the Krakow ghetto. These remarkable poems were written during that time. They are presented with a biographical introduction that conveys the powerful story of the sisters' survival from capture to freedom in 1946. Translator(s): Galles, Arie A.; Niesluchowski, Warren. Num Pages: 158 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
Buchenwald survivors Ilona and Henia Karmel were seventeen and twenty years old when they entered the Nazi labor camps from the Krakow ghetto. These remarkable poems were written during that time. The sisters wrote the poems on worksheets stolen from the factories where they worked by day and hid them in their clothing. During what she thought were the last days of her life, Henia entrusted the poems to a cousin who happened to pass her in the forced march at the end of the war. The cousin gave them to Henia's husband in Krakow, who would not locate and ... Read more
Buchenwald survivors Ilona and Henia Karmel were seventeen and twenty years old when they entered the Nazi labor camps from the Krakow ghetto. These remarkable poems were written during that time. The sisters wrote the poems on worksheets stolen from the factories where they worked by day and hid them in their clothing. During what she thought were the last days of her life, Henia entrusted the poems to a cousin who happened to pass her in the forced march at the end of the war. The cousin gave them to Henia's husband in Krakow, who would not locate and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520251366
SKU
V9780520251366
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About Henia Karmel
Henia Karmel and Ilona Karmel were born to an affluent and distinguished family in Krakow. After the war, they both eventually emigrated to the United States, where they continued to write. Henia Karmel is author of Marek and Lisa. Ilona Karmel is author of An Estate of Memory. Fanny Howe is the author of, among other books, On the Ground, ... Read more
Reviews for A Wall of Two: Poems of Resistance and Suffering from Kraków to Buchenwald and Beyond
"A stirring collection of poems."
Robert Leiter Jewish Exponent "A remarkable unified body of survivors' words." Jewish Book World "Nothing can better describe the message of this moving collection than the authors' 'preface': 'These poems... form one cry only: 'Remember'." European Legacy
Robert Leiter Jewish Exponent "A remarkable unified body of survivors' words." Jewish Book World "Nothing can better describe the message of this moving collection than the authors' 'preface': 'These poems... form one cry only: 'Remember'." European Legacy