Shayndl and Salomea: From Lemberg to Berlin (Jewish Lives) - Softcover

Genin, Salomea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810111683 ISBN 13: 9780810111684

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1997

Synopsis

At the age of fifty and faced with severe depression, Salomea Genin began to write about her family's history. From stories both told and untold, Genin recreates the lives of the Zwerling family in the Jewish quarter of Lvov: Shulim, her strict and deeply religious grandfather; his patient but tired wife Dvoire; and his beautiful, rebellious daughter Shayndl, who marries a dreamer against her father's wishes and without his blessing, and who will later become Salomea Genin's mother.

Genin's richly detailed portrait shows the effects of a family's struggles--personal, religious, social, and for their very survival--against the shadow of the Nazi rise to power.

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From the Back Cover

Genin details her grandparents' and parents' lives with great psychological and emotional acuity. Her richly detailed personal history presents a vivid portrait of the effects of a family's struggles- personal, religious, social, and for their very survival- against the shadow of the Nazi rise to power.

About the Author

At the age of fifty and faced with severe depression, Salomea Genin began to write about her family's history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0810111683
• ISBN 13: 9780810111684
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 138