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Two roads home [text (large print)] : Hitler, Stalin and the miraculous survival of my family / Daniel Finkelstein.

Finkelstein, Daniel, 1962- (author.). Finkelstein, Daniel, 1962- container of (work): Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. (Added Author).

Summary:

"An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593793060 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xviii, 587 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in standard print format as Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. London : William Collins, 2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Finkelstein, Daniel, 1962- > Family.
Finkelstein, Ludwik, 1929-2011.
Finkelstein, Mirjam, 1933-2017.
Finkelstein family.
Wiener family.
Wiener Library > History.
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) > Biography.
Holocaust survivors > Biography.
Jewish families > Europe > Biography.
Jews > Europe > Biography.
Polish people > Relocation > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Jewish.
World War, 1939-1945 > Displaced persons > England > London > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Displaced persons > Netherlands > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Displaced persons > Poland > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Europe > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.
Large print books.

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Cookstown Branch LP 940.53089924 Fin 31681010346609 LARGEPT Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    In this edge-of-your-seat story of narrow escapes, forged passports, ingenuity, bravery and luck, a beloved British journalist, drawing on personal testimony, letters, diaries and years of historical research, chronicles his family’s World War II history of resistance that spans Europe and brings to life the near-miraculous stories of his parents’ survival. (biography & autobiography). Simultaneous. Illustrations.
  • Baker & Taylor
    "An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Love and Murder is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it"--
  • Random House, Inc.
    "Hair-raising... includes not just Hitler’s depredations but Stalin’s too—a double measure of evil."—The Wall Street Journal

    An epic and uplifting World War II family history of resistance that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering under Hitler and Stalin, and the near-miraculous survival stories of the author's mother and father.

    "Moving and important."—Robert Harris, author of Act of Oblivion


    In Two Roads Home beloved British journalist Daniel Finkelstein tells the extraordinary story of the years before his mother met his father—years of war and trials they barely survived.

    Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they knew Anne Frank. But in those years safety was an illusion: Anne Frank famously went into hiding and Daniel's mother, Mirjam, also still a child, was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters.

    Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father, Dolu was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Dolu, was deported to Siberia and Ludwik and his mother were sentenced to forced labor in Kazakhstan, starved and housed in a stable in freezing conditions.

    Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of the narrow escapes, forged passports, ingenuity, bravery, and luck that allowed Mirjam and Ludwik to survive the war and find each other. Using their personal testimony, letters sent to Siberia, a diary written in Belsen, and years of historical research, Daniel Finkelstein tells what happened to two families, one the victim of the Nazis, the other of the Soviets. A tale of deliverance and triumph over evil, Two Roads Home will profoundly touch all who read it.

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