Courage and Compassion
A Jewish Boyhood in German-Occupied Greece
Seiten
2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-483-9 (ISBN)
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-483-9 (ISBN)
First published in Greek in 2023. The Greek edition was awarded the OURANIS PRIZE of the Academy of Athens
In this extraordinary personal account of childhood and survival during the Holocaust, Tony Molho recounts his adventures in 1940s Greece from ages four to six, as his parents risked everything to hide him from the German occupiers. In doing so he pays homage to the many ordinary people who selflessly protected his family, demonstrating that even in the darkest times the self-sacrifice and kindness of modest people can still prevail. Delving into the power of memory, and exploring questions of personal identity, and the weight of the Shoah, Courage and Compassion goes beyond the bounds of conventional memoir, as Tony Molho also reflects on the nature of Jewish identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust and on how his personal awareness of this trauma has helped him to understand the course of his own life.
In this extraordinary personal account of childhood and survival during the Holocaust, Tony Molho recounts his adventures in 1940s Greece from ages four to six, as his parents risked everything to hide him from the German occupiers. In doing so he pays homage to the many ordinary people who selflessly protected his family, demonstrating that even in the darkest times the self-sacrifice and kindness of modest people can still prevail. Delving into the power of memory, and exploring questions of personal identity, and the weight of the Shoah, Courage and Compassion goes beyond the bounds of conventional memoir, as Tony Molho also reflects on the nature of Jewish identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust and on how his personal awareness of this trauma has helped him to understand the course of his own life.
Tony Molho is the David Herlihy University Professor Emeritus at Brown University and Professor Emeritus of History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Florence.
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Katherine Fleming
Chapter 1. Memory’s Reach
Chapter 2. Being Greek
Chapter 3. Hide and Seek
Chapter 4. Fuga or the Long March
Chapter 5. Soeur Hélène
Chapter 6. In the Labyrinth
Chapter 7. A Yearning for Home
Chapter 8. A City of Ghosts
Chapter 9. Incipit Vita Nuova
Chapter 10. After the end
Postscript
Acknowledgments
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80539-483-5 / 1805394835 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80539-483-9 / 9781805394839 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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