We Are Going to Pick Potatoes - Norway and the Holocaust, the Untold Story

Informationen zum Autor By Irene Levin Berman Klappentext Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway. Her first conscious recollection of life goes back to 1942, when as a young child she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II, to avoid annihilation. Germany had invaded Norway and the persecution of two thousand Norwegian Jews had begun. Seven members of her father's family were among the seven hundred and seventy-one unfortunate persons who were deported and sent to Auschwitz.In 2005, Irene was forced to examine the label of being a Holocaust survivor. Her strong dual identity as a Norwegian and a Jew led her to explore previously unopened doors in her mind. This is not a narrative of the Holocaust alone, but the remembrance of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after WWII. In addition to the richness of both her Norwegian and Jewish cultures, she ultimately acquired yet another identity as an American. Zusammenfassung This book tells of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after WWII. As a young child! the author escaped from the Nazis to neutral Sweden with her immediate family. The author's identity as a Norwegian and a Jew led her to explore previously unopened doors in writing this memoir. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Norway Wasn't Too SmallChapter 1: The EscapeChapter 2: Refugees in ExileChapter 3: Those Who Came First - The Levin FamilyChapter 4: Those Who Came First - The Selikowitz FamilyChapter 5: The Family that 'Disappeared'Chapter 6: War and HolocaustChapter 7: The SilenceChapter 8: Return from ExileChapter 9: Learning How to be a Norwegian JewChapter 10: On Marrying a JewChapter 11: Life in AmericaChapter 12: The Myth about the Danish KingChapter 13: IdentityChapter 14: The Journey Into the Past

Product details

• Authors: Irene Berman, Irene Levin Berman, Berman Irene Levin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780761850113
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5011-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, General & world history, Second World War, The Holocaust, Biography: religious & spiritual, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries