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Mina & Jacob: Holocaust survivors of nine camps
In 1945, Mina and Jacob met in war-torn Western Poland. Both were Holocaust survivors of, between them, nine camps. These included Plaszów and Auschwitz. Their experiences in these camps are placed against apparatus of terror and human control that became a deadly marker of the 20th-century’s totalitarian regimes.
The books follows their journey as, battered and traumatised, without family, home or possessions, they attempt to rebuild their lives. Readers can share in their struggles to create a family against a background of economic and political hardship in Communist Poland during the Cold War.
Mina and Jacob’s story continues as they migrate to freedom in Australia in the early 1960s. There they rebuild the life of their small family. They were people of enormous courage, strength, and boundless love, who never gave up. Their daughters, Adele and Freda have extensively researched their parent’s lives and times and have reflected on their legacy and impact on the next generation.
The books follows their journey as, battered and traumatised, without family, home or possessions, they attempt to rebuild their lives. Readers can share in their struggles to create a family against a background of economic and political hardship in Communist Poland during the Cold War.
Mina and Jacob’s story continues as they migrate to freedom in Australia in the early 1960s. There they rebuild the life of their small family. They were people of enormous courage, strength, and boundless love, who never gave up. Their daughters, Adele and Freda have extensively researched their parent’s lives and times and have reflected on their legacy and impact on the next generation.
532 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2019
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January 2, 2022
An excellently researched biography, and a real page turner. I can find it a struggle getting through non-fiction books. Even though the information is usually compelling, the actual structure isn’t literary enough to hold my interest for long stretches of time. This was not the case with Mina & Jacob.
The other stand out part for me, was the time line of following their parents lives from before WWII, to their immigration to Australia. Something that I haven’t come across a lot with previous Holocaust books, as they tend to just focus on the WWII time period, and maybe a little bit of history either side of you are lucky.
The other stand out part for me, was the time line of following their parents lives from before WWII, to their immigration to Australia. Something that I haven’t come across a lot with previous Holocaust books, as they tend to just focus on the WWII time period, and maybe a little bit of history either side of you are lucky.
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