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Zusatztext "Abba Kovner's life story encompasses many of the central themes of twentieth-century Jewish history. Dina Porat's exhaustively-researched and exquisitely-written biography of this partisan leader, poet, and shaper of Israeli perceptions of the Jewish past opens new vistas onto the Holocaust and the political, military, and cultural history of the State of Israel." Informationen zum Autor Dina Porat, Professor of modern Jewish history at Tel Aviv University, is head of the Stephen Roth Institute and holds the Alfred P. Slaner Chair for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. Her most recent book in English is Israeli Society, the Holocaust, and Its Survivors (2007). Klappentext Dina Porat, Professor of modern Jewish history at Tel Aviv University, is head of the Stephen Roth Institute and holds the Alfred P. Slaner Chair for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. Her most recent book in English is Israeli Society, the Holocaust, and Its Survivors (2007). Zusammenfassung The Fall of a Sparrow recounts the life and times of Abba Kovner, partisan, poet, patriot, an unsung and largely unknown hero of the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction PART I CONCEPTION AND PREPARATION 1. Lublin, January-March 1945 The Idea of Vengeance 2. Bucharest, March-June 1945 From Conception to Preparation 3. Italy, July-August 1945 The Jewish Brigade PART II ATTEMPTED VENGEANCE 4. Palestine and Europe, August 1945-March 1946 Kovner and the Yishuv 5. Paris, February-June 1946 The Haganah and the Avengers 6. Germany, August 1945-June 1946 Life Apart from Life Conclusion APPENDIXES Chronology List of the Avengers Notes Sources Index
List of contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
CONCEPTION AND PREPARATION
1. Lublin, January-March 1945 The Idea of Vengeance
2. Bucharest, March-June 1945 From Conception to Preparation
3. Italy, July-August 1945 The Jewish Brigade
PART II
ATTEMPTED VENGEANCE
4. Palestine and Europe, August 1945-March 1946 Kovner and the Yishuv
5. Paris, February-June 1946 The Haganah and the Avengers
6. Germany, August 1945-June 1946 Life Apart from Life
Conclusion
APPENDIXES
Chronology
List of the Avengers
Notes
Sources
Index
