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Weiss, David W., 1927-

Reluctant return : a survivor's journey to an Austrian town / David W. Weiss. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations. - Jewish literature and culture . - Jewish literature and culture. .

"Weiss, an eminent biomedical scientist first in the United States and then in Israel, held a deep and abiding enmity for everything Austrian and German. He was persuaded by the sincerity of a small Christian community in his hometown of Wiener Neustadt to journey there in 1995 with other former Jewish residents for a "Week of Return"--Jacket.


English.

ISBN: 0585225745 (electronic bk.) 9780585225746 (electronic bk.) (cl ; alk. paper)

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Weiss, David W., 1927-
Weiss, David W., 1927-

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--Austria--Wiener Neustadt--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Wiener Neustadt--Personal narratives.
Jews, Austrian--Israel.
Israelis--Travel--Austria--Wiener Neustadt.
Juifs autrichiens--Israël.
HISTORY.
Ethnic relations.
Israelis--Travel.
Jews.
Jews, Austrian.
Joden.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wiener Neustadt (Austria)--Ethnic relations.
Austria--Wiener Neustadt.
Israel.
Wiener Neustadt.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Herinneringen (vorm)

LC Class. No.: DS135.A93 / W226 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 943.6/12 B