The Pessimist's Son - A Holocaust Memoir of Hope

About the author

Alexander Kimel was born in Podhajce, Poland (now Pidhaitsi, Ukraine) in 1926. After the war, he earned a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering at the Wroclaw Polytechnic University in Poland. In the U.S., he started and ran his own consulting engineering firm. Poems from his award-winning website on the Holocaust have been used in schools, universities and exhibits, widely reprinted, and recited on YouTube. He also contributed a chapter to the anthology, Life in the Ghettos during the Holocaust. He died in 2018.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Kimel, Martin Kimel
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9798887198019
• ISBN: 979-8-88719-801-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)