A childhood adrift /
Goldman, René, 1934-
A childhood adrift / René Goldman. - [Lieu de publication non identifié] : Azrieli Foundation, [2017] - xxiii, 298 pages : illustrations, cartes ; 23 cm - The Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs . - Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. .
Maps on page [2] et [3] of covers.
Foreword -- Luxembourg -- Belgium -- In France -- Vendœuvres -- Les Besses -- Lyon -- The last summer -- Liberation and change -- To Paris and beyond -- English interlude -- Le Raincy and Livry-Gargan -- Vacation in Poland -- Farewell to France -- Challenges and friendships -- China beckons -- Afterword -- Poems.
In the 1930s, René Goldman grows up entranced with theatre, music, languages and geography. Enveloped by his parents' love and protection, he wanders the streets and alleys of Luxembourg and Brussels, carefree and prone to mischief. Yet as he starts hearing adults speak the words "deportation" and "resettlement," René is forced to grapple with a strange, new reality. In 1942, when his family flees to France, eight-year-old René is separated from his parents and shunted between children's homes and convents, where he must hide both his identity and his mounting anxiety. As René waits and waits for his parents to return, even liberation day does not feel like freedom. An eloquent personal narrative detailed with historical research and intuitive observations, A Childhood Adrift explores identity, closure, disillusionment and the anguish of silenced emotions.
9781988065175 1988065178
Goldman, René, 1934- --Childhood and youth.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium--Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
Autobiographies.
D804.48 / G64 2017
940.53/18083
A childhood adrift / René Goldman. - [Lieu de publication non identifié] : Azrieli Foundation, [2017] - xxiii, 298 pages : illustrations, cartes ; 23 cm - The Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs . - Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. .
Maps on page [2] et [3] of covers.
Foreword -- Luxembourg -- Belgium -- In France -- Vendœuvres -- Les Besses -- Lyon -- The last summer -- Liberation and change -- To Paris and beyond -- English interlude -- Le Raincy and Livry-Gargan -- Vacation in Poland -- Farewell to France -- Challenges and friendships -- China beckons -- Afterword -- Poems.
In the 1930s, René Goldman grows up entranced with theatre, music, languages and geography. Enveloped by his parents' love and protection, he wanders the streets and alleys of Luxembourg and Brussels, carefree and prone to mischief. Yet as he starts hearing adults speak the words "deportation" and "resettlement," René is forced to grapple with a strange, new reality. In 1942, when his family flees to France, eight-year-old René is separated from his parents and shunted between children's homes and convents, where he must hide both his identity and his mounting anxiety. As René waits and waits for his parents to return, even liberation day does not feel like freedom. An eloquent personal narrative detailed with historical research and intuitive observations, A Childhood Adrift explores identity, closure, disillusionment and the anguish of silenced emotions.
9781988065175 1988065178
Goldman, René, 1934- --Childhood and youth.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium--Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
Autobiographies.
D804.48 / G64 2017
940.53/18083