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Survival / Ita Dimant; ed. by Martin Dean.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9798887192345
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.53/1853841092 23/eng/20230309
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A Story of Courage and Survival -- Prologue -- The Diary -- The Warsaw Ghetto Years -- The Częstochowa Year -- Leaving for Germany -- Freedom -- Epilogue -- Courage and Survival – Symcha Dymant -- Appendix 1: The Brust Notebook Diary -- Appendix 2: A Diary in Note Form -- Appendix 3: Documents, Photographs, and Artifacts Donated to the USHMM by the Dimant Family -- Appendix 4: Miodownik Family Tree -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- Contributors
Summary: "This standout survivor’s account will move and inform even those well versed in the inhumanity of the Shoah." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Ita Dimant’s gripping diary is a detailed account of her experiences during the Holocaust. She describes the chaotic living conditions in the Warsaw ghetto and her dramatic escape to the ‘Aryan’ side. She wrestles repeatedly with the burden of losing close friends and family, revealing her emotional responses to the unfolding tragedy. As one ghetto after another is liquidated, she becomes a courier carrying vital information and supplies between Polish cities. Ita must rely on her wits, skillful deception, and a few trusted friends, as she seeks to evade the noose closing around her.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9798887192345

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A Story of Courage and Survival -- Prologue -- The Diary -- The Warsaw Ghetto Years -- The Częstochowa Year -- Leaving for Germany -- Freedom -- Epilogue -- Courage and Survival – Symcha Dymant -- Appendix 1: The Brust Notebook Diary -- Appendix 2: A Diary in Note Form -- Appendix 3: Documents, Photographs, and Artifacts Donated to the USHMM by the Dimant Family -- Appendix 4: Miodownik Family Tree -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- Contributors

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"This standout survivor’s account will move and inform even those well versed in the inhumanity of the Shoah." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Ita Dimant’s gripping diary is a detailed account of her experiences during the Holocaust. She describes the chaotic living conditions in the Warsaw ghetto and her dramatic escape to the ‘Aryan’ side. She wrestles repeatedly with the burden of losing close friends and family, revealing her emotional responses to the unfolding tragedy. As one ghetto after another is liquidated, she becomes a courier carrying vital information and supplies between Polish cities. Ita must rely on her wits, skillful deception, and a few trusted friends, as she seeks to evade the noose closing around her.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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