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100	1		_aHerskovits-Gutmann, Ruth, _d1928-
240	1	0	_aAuswanderung vorl�aufig nicht m�oglich. _lEnglish
245	1	2	_aA final reckoning : _ba Hannover family's life and death in the Shoah / _cRuth Gutmann ; foreword by Kenneth Waltzer.
264		1	_aTuscaloosa : _bUniversity Alabama Press, _c[2013]
264		4	_c�2013
300			_a1 online resource (233 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aJudaic studies series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"A work of both childhood memory and adult reflection undergirded with scholarly research, A Final Reckoning resonates with emotional intensity and insight. Ruth Gutmann's memoir, first published in Germany in 2002, recounts her life not only as a concentration camp inmate and survivor, but also as a sister and daughter. Ruth; her twin sister, Eva; stepmother, Mania; and father, Samuel Herskovits, were interned in both Thereisenstadt and Auschwitz-Birkenau between June 1943 and March 1944, where all but Gutmann and her sister perished. Ruth and Eva spent the remainder of the war in numerous other camps. Gutmann's memoir is compelling in several respects. It spans her birth and early life in Hannover, Germany; her escape to Holland on a kindertransport; her forced return to Hannover; her deportation to the concentration camps (where Ruth and Eva attracted the attention of Josef Mengele, though they were ultimately spared from his murderous studies of twin siblings); and her life postliberation. Particularly striking is Gutmann's portrait of her father, Samuel, a leader in the Jewish community of Hannover who was forced under extreme pressure to communicate and, in some cases, cooperate with Nazi officials. Gutmann uses her own memories as well as years of reflection and academic study to reevaluate his role in their community. A Final Reckoning provides not only insights into Gutmann's own experience as a child in the midst of the atrocities of the Holocaust, but also a window into the lives of those, like her father, who were forced to carry on and comply with the regime that would ultimately bring about their demise"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600	1	0	_aHerskovits-Gutmann, Ruth, _d1928-
650		0	_aJews _zGermany _zHannover _vBiography.
650		0	_aJewish children in the Holocaust _zGermany _vBiography.
650		0	_aJews _zGermany _xHistory _y1933-1945.
650		0	_aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) _vPersonal narratives.
650		0	_aFathers and daughters _zGermany.
650		0	_aTwin sisters _zGermany.
651		0	_aHannover (Germany) _vBiography.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHerskovits-Gutmann, Ruth. _tFinal reckoning : a Hannover family's life and death in the Shoah. _dTuscaloosa : University Alabama Press, [2013] _hxxiii, 206 pages _kJudaic studies series _z9780817318093 _w(DLC) 2013026630
797	2		_aebrary.
830		0	_aJudaic studies series (Unnumbered)
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10810785 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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