Dream or reality /
Blas, Amos.
Dream or reality / Amos Blas. - Tel-Aviv, Israel : Contento de Semrik, ©2011. - 1 online resource
Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 7, 2012).
""Senior Editors and Producers: Netanel and Osnat Semrik""; ""The Meeting""; ""Sammy and Karl""; ""Inseparable""; ""At the Holocaust Museum� in Jerusalem""; ""The Memorial Hall""; ""The Second Meal""; ""The Life of Sarah""; ""The Discovery""; ""Us and the Animals""; ""The Memorial""; ""At the Forest of Martyrs""; ""Making a Toast""; ""The Booklet""; ""The Memory""; ""A Second Farewell""
Amos Blas was three years old when Nazi German forces occupied Poland. In his book, the author returns to the horror of those days, to his experiences in the infamous Warsaw ghetto, and later hidden with a fake identity as a Christian boy in a remote Polish village. The author moves beyond the war years, and relates the influences of the Holocaust on the course of his life, including the crushing effects on his professional life, intimate relationship, and religious faith. It is the story of how an illiterate boy of twelve, suffering post-traumatic stress, battled his demons, worked diligently in his studies, received a doctorate in engineering, and became a professor. By chance, the author meets a family member who, like him, also managed to survive the Holocaust and built his life in a distant land. The book delves into this special union that only took place when they were both already pensioners, and grandfathers to numerous grandchildren. Dream or Reality is built on the line between reality and imagination, between truth and hallucination. It also stands as a metaphor to the natural human tendency to disbelieve that such horrific acts could possibly happen. Yet World War II proves to humanity that even the seemingly impossible can turn into reality. Contributors.
9789655500059 (electronic bk.) 9655500055 (electronic bk.)
Blas, Amos.
Blas, Amos.
1939-1945
Jews--Poland--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.
Juifs--Pologne--Biographies.
Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste--Pologne--Récits personnels.
Survivants de l'Holocauste--Israël--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Holocaust.
Holocaust survivors.
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Jews.
Israel.
Poland.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
DS134.72.B53 / A3 2011eb
940.53/18092
Dream or reality / Amos Blas. - Tel-Aviv, Israel : Contento de Semrik, ©2011. - 1 online resource
Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 7, 2012).
""Senior Editors and Producers: Netanel and Osnat Semrik""; ""The Meeting""; ""Sammy and Karl""; ""Inseparable""; ""At the Holocaust Museum� in Jerusalem""; ""The Memorial Hall""; ""The Second Meal""; ""The Life of Sarah""; ""The Discovery""; ""Us and the Animals""; ""The Memorial""; ""At the Forest of Martyrs""; ""Making a Toast""; ""The Booklet""; ""The Memory""; ""A Second Farewell""
Amos Blas was three years old when Nazi German forces occupied Poland. In his book, the author returns to the horror of those days, to his experiences in the infamous Warsaw ghetto, and later hidden with a fake identity as a Christian boy in a remote Polish village. The author moves beyond the war years, and relates the influences of the Holocaust on the course of his life, including the crushing effects on his professional life, intimate relationship, and religious faith. It is the story of how an illiterate boy of twelve, suffering post-traumatic stress, battled his demons, worked diligently in his studies, received a doctorate in engineering, and became a professor. By chance, the author meets a family member who, like him, also managed to survive the Holocaust and built his life in a distant land. The book delves into this special union that only took place when they were both already pensioners, and grandfathers to numerous grandchildren. Dream or Reality is built on the line between reality and imagination, between truth and hallucination. It also stands as a metaphor to the natural human tendency to disbelieve that such horrific acts could possibly happen. Yet World War II proves to humanity that even the seemingly impossible can turn into reality. Contributors.
9789655500059 (electronic bk.) 9655500055 (electronic bk.)
Blas, Amos.
Blas, Amos.
1939-1945
Jews--Poland--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.
Juifs--Pologne--Biographies.
Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste--Pologne--Récits personnels.
Survivants de l'Holocauste--Israël--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Holocaust.
Holocaust survivors.
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Jews.
Israel.
Poland.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
DS134.72.B53 / A3 2011eb
940.53/18092