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Memoirs of a Jewish woman, born ca. 1928, who grew up in the Czech town of Čelákovice and was sent by her parents, along with her sister, to England in 1939 under the sponsorship of the British Refugee Committee, due to the rescue activities of Nicholas Winton. Relates her wartime experiences in Wales and her return to Czechoslovakia in 1945. Both her parents were deported and died in concentration camps. Describes antisemitism expressed by some Czechs after the war and resentment shown toward Jews who returned to reclaim their property. Gissing returned to live in England in 1949. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Pearls of Childhood, Vera Gissing
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
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- Titel
- Pearls of Childhood
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Vera Gissing
- Uitgever
- Robson Books Limited
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0860515249
- ISBN13
- 9780860515241
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Historisch thema, Geschiedenis, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Autobiografie en memoires, Verhalende Journalistiek, Militaire Geschiedenis, Oorlogen, Tweede Wereldoorlog, Joden, Holocaust, Menselijke lotgevallen
- Eerste editie
- 1988
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Pearls of childhood
- Beoordeling
- 4,65 van 5
- Aantekening
- Memoirs of a Jewish woman, born ca. 1928, who grew up in the Czech town of Čelákovice and was sent by her parents, along with her sister, to England in 1939 under the sponsorship of the British Refugee Committee, due to the rescue activities of Nicholas Winton. Relates her wartime experiences in Wales and her return to Czechoslovakia in 1945. Both her parents were deported and died in concentration camps. Describes antisemitism expressed by some Czechs after the war and resentment shown toward Jews who returned to reclaim their property. Gissing returned to live in England in 1949. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)