The Price of Survival
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7129-3 (ISBN)
In The Price of Survival: Marcus Levin, Norwegian Holocaust Humanitarian, Irene Levin Berman tells the story of her father’s heroic attempts to save the Jews of Norway, as well as hundreds of stateless refugees who had escaped other European countries in the 1930s, from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Marcus Levin worked tirelessly to help Jews before and after the Nazis invaded Norway, and after the war he worked with the American Joint Distribution Committee and organizations in Norway such as the Jewish Social Unit to help find homes and jobs for the few Norwegian Jews who returned survived the concentration camps as well as about 600 stateless Displaced Persons. In 1962 Marcus Levin was awarded a gold Medal of Honor by King Olav of Norway in recognition of his efforts during World War II.
Irene Levin Berman is author of “We Are Going to Pick Potatoes”: Norway and the Holocaust, the Untold Story and Norway Wasn’t Too Small: A Fact-Based Novel about Darkness and Survival.
List of Illustrationsvii
Personal Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
Why This Story . . . ?3
1900: Beginning of a New Century5
The Levin Family00
Father’s Life in Oslo00
Pre-War Years00
April 9, 1940: War00
1941: The War Continues00
October–November 1942: Germans Pursue the Jews00
October 24-November 1942: Escape to Sweden00
November 25–26, 1942: Escape and Arrest of Jewish
Women and Children00
The Donau—The Death Ship00
The Extermination of Jews in Auschwitz00
Efforts to Save Lives00
1942–1946: Working in Sweden00
Refugees and the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)00
The War Is Over—Back to Norway00
1947: Father’s Philosophy—Personal Unresolved Issues00
1945: Returning from the Holocaust00
Return from Auschwitz: Post-war Contact with the Norwegian
Government in London00
1946: Displaced Persons00
1948: The European Children’s Camp in Norway00
1938: A Jewish Children’s Home in Oslo—Boys and Girls
from Vienna00
1953–1955: Minus Refugees00
Circa 1960: Reconstruction in Norway after the War00
Compensation for Norwegians00
The King of Norway and the Watch00
1965: Father’s Last Years00
Our Family Becomes Part of the JDC00
1943–1946: Childhood Memories of Sweden00
Learning about the Meaning of the Holocaust00
Growing up Both Norwegian and Jewish00
Looking Back with Ruth00
January 2012: The Prime Minister of Norway Apologizes to the
Norwegian Jews00
My Philosophy Connected to Prime Minister Stoltenberg00
About the Author00
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.05.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 195 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-7129-2 / 0761871292 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-7129-3 / 9780761871293 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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