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A Hole in the Heart of the World: The Jewish Experience in Eastern Europe after World War II / Spanning nearly a century, from the years preceding the Holocaust to the defeat of the Nazis and subsequent triumph of Communism to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the present day, Jonathan Kaufman tells the stories of five families. A Hole in the Heart of the World is both a descent into the still-dark soul of Eastern Europe and a shockingly optimistic chronicle of a fragile cultural and religious birth. In Berlin a prominent Jewish family clings to its Communist ideals even after the end of the Cold War. A West German cantor - and concentration camp survivor - crosses the Berlin Wall to minister to the Jewish remnant in East Berlin. In Hungary a rabbi turns dissident when Communist-controlled Jewish leaders dismiss him, but he continues to teach Hebrew class in his living room, waging an underground war to preserve and nurture Jewish life.
Kaufman, Jonathan
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Holocaust--Survivors. / EasternEurope--Jews--History,modern / EasternEurope--Jews--Sociallifeandcustoms
Classification947.0903 KAU
PublisherNew York, N.Y., Penguin Books, 1997
SubjectEastern Europe--Jews--History, modernEastern Europe--Jews--Social life and customs.Jews--Europe, Eastern--History 20th century.Holocaust survivors--Europe, Eastern.Jews--Europe, Eastern--Identity.Jews--Europe, Eastern--Social life and customs.Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations.Antisemitism--Europe--Pre HolocaustHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography.
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