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Zusatztext Eva Fogelman author of Conscience and Courage Joseph Berger follows in the tradition of Frank McCourt in being a master storyteller. He recounts a story that is both tragic and uplifting. His journalistic eye for detail will make readers cry! laugh! and never forget his family's saga....At last we have a second-generation voice of Holocaust refugees that defies stereotypes. Informationen zum Autor Joseph Berger was born in Russia but went to the US in 1949 when he was just 5. He has also reported on religion and education for the New York Times and served as its bureau chief in White Plains. The author of THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS, Berger lives in Larchmont, New York with his wife and daughter. Klappentext In this touching account! veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger describes how his own family of Polish Jews -- with one son born at the close of World War II and the other in a "displaced persons" camp outside Berlin -- managed against all odds to make a life for themselves in the utterly foreign landscape of post-World War II America. Paying eloquent homage to his parents' extraordinary courage! luck! and hard work while illuminating as never before the experience of 140!000 refugees who came to the United States between 1947 and 1953! Joseph Berger has captured a defining moment in history in a riveting and deeply personal chronicle. Zusammenfassung In this touching account! veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger describes how his own family of Polish Jews -- with one son born at the close of World War II and the other in a "displaced persons" camp outside Berlin -- managed against all odds to make a life for themselves in the utterly foreign landscape of post-World War II America. Paying eloquent homage to his parents' extraordinary courage! luck! and hard work while illuminating as never before the experience of 140!000 refugees who came to the United States between 1947 and 1953! Joseph Berger has captured a defining moment in history in a riveting and deeply personal chronicle. ...
