Anton, the dove fancier : and other tales of the Holocaust / Bernard Gotfryd.

By: Gotfryd, BernardMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Washington Square Press, Pocket Books, 1990Description: xiii, 175 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0671691376; 9780671691370Subject(s): Gotfryd, Bernard | Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie) -- Personal narratives | Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) -- Ethnic relationsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Anton, the dove fancier.DDC classification: 940.53/18/092 LOC classification: DS135.P62 | R317 1990
Contents:
Theft of a table -- The stutterer -- The wedding picture -- The violin -- Masha -- Mr. G. -- A chicken for the holidays -- Alexandra -- Kurt -- Helmut Reiner -- The last morning -- Anton the dove fancier -- On guilt -- Three eggs -- The execution -- My brother's friend -- Hans Bürger #15252 -- The last camp -- An encounter in Linz -- Reunions -- On memory.
Summary: Gotfryd presents several real-life stories that describe the horrors and extraordinary circumstances of his experiences in WWII Europe. Examples are: young Bernard breaking curfew to find a rare chicken only to see it given to the Christian janitor; the compassion shown toward a German prisoner who is beaten by the Nazis after taunting his fellow Jewish prisoners; and the night that Bernard spends in the home of a young SS officer.
Item type: Book
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Theft of a table -- The stutterer -- The wedding picture -- The violin -- Masha -- Mr. G. -- A chicken for the holidays -- Alexandra -- Kurt -- Helmut Reiner -- The last morning -- Anton the dove fancier -- On guilt -- Three eggs -- The execution -- My brother's friend -- Hans Bürger #15252 -- The last camp -- An encounter in Linz -- Reunions -- On memory.

Gotfryd presents several real-life stories that describe the horrors and extraordinary circumstances of his experiences in WWII Europe. Examples are: young Bernard breaking curfew to find a rare chicken only to see it given to the Christian janitor; the compassion shown toward a German prisoner who is beaten by the Nazis after taunting his fellow Jewish prisoners; and the night that Bernard spends in the home of a young SS officer.

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