A Jewish kapo in Auschwitz : history, memory, and the politics of survival / Tuvia Friling ; translated by Haim Watzman
This book presents the biography of Eliezer Gruenbaum (1908{u2013}1948) who was a Polish Jew denounced for serving as a Kapo while interned at Auschwitz. He was the communist son of Itzhak Gruenbaum, the most prominent secular leader of interwar Polish Jewry who later became the chairman of the Jewi...
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| Main Authors: | Friling, Ṭuvyah (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
| Published: | Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, 2014. |
| Series: | The Schusterman series in Israel studies
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| Summary: | This book presents the biography of Eliezer Gruenbaum (1908{u2013}1948) who was a Polish Jew denounced for serving as a Kapo while interned at Auschwitz. He was the communist son of Itzhak Gruenbaum, the most prominent secular leader of interwar Polish Jewry who later became the chairman of the Jewish Agency{u2019}s Rescue Committee during the Holocaust and Israel{u2019}s first minister of the interior.--Publisher's description |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index |
| Physical Description: | 325 Seiten ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781611685763 1611685761 9781611685879 1611685877 9781611685770 161168577X |
