Konin: One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community Paperback - 1996
by Theo Richmond
Universally acclaimed upon its international publication, this immensely affecting book tells the story of an English Jew's attempt to rediscover--and, if possible, re-create--Konin, the Polish shtetl of his ancestors, a place that had been annihilated in the Holocaust. 16-page photo insert and one map.
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In 1939 the Polish town of Konin vanished in the wake of Nazi occupation. Twenty-five years later, Theo Richmond set out to find what he could about that vanished world. He traveled across the United States, Europe, and Israel, tracing survivors and sifting through archives and the stories of those he interviewed. A project he thought would take six months took seven years. Finally he confronted the Konin of today. Interweaving past and present, Konin tells the story of one community--how it began, how it flourished, and how it ended--and in the process re-creates the precariousness, anguish and necessity of human memory.
"A fascinating memorial to a lost community and the people who lived there."--The New York Times Book Review
"One reads [it] sometimes with a smile...always on the edge of tears--as if it were the most gripping adventure story."--Elie Wiesel, New York Newsday
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- Title Konin: One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community
- Author Theo Richmond
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 574
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York
- Date 1996-08-27
- ISBN 9780679758235 / 0679758232
- Weight 1.66 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 8.58 x 5.62 x 1.38 in (21.79 x 14.27 x 3.51 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Dewey Decimal Code 943.8
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- New York Times, 09/08/1996, Page 36
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