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Overview

Cultural Studies. Jewish studies. As told to Hilton Obenziger, with an introduction by Paul Auster. RUNNING THROUGH FIRE is the story of Zosia Goldberg and her incredible survival during the time of the Holocaust. Her story features resistance at every turn, narrow escapes, and help from the most unlikely sources. At times suffering bitter betrayals by fellow Jews, she also encountered unexpected sympathies from some Nazis themselves. Zosia's story is as much a chronicle of the Holocaust as it is everywoman's struggle against human folly and depravity. "RUNNING THROUGH FIRE is a book filled with unspeakable horrors--but it is told wihtout a shred of self-pity. Zosia Goldberg never complains, never bemoans her lot. She battles and endures, and in this raw, unvarnished tale of human suffering, she has given us a manual of hope"--Paul Auster.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781562791285
Publisher: Mercury House
Publication date: 01/01/2004
Series: NEA Heritage & Preservation Series Series , #3
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

After surviving WW2, Zosia Goldberg came to the United States, married, then moved to Caracas, Venezuela, to operate a garment business. She returned to the United States after her husband's death and currently resides in Florida. She has one son.

A poet, novelist, and critic, and a recipient of the American Book Award, Hilton Obenzinger teaches American literature and honors writing at Stanford University. He lives in Palo Alto, CA, with his wife and son.

Paul Auster is the author of eleven novels, including The New York Trilogy and the bestselling Timbuktu; three works of nonfiction; and three screenplays (including Smoke). He also edited The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry and I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from the National Story Project.

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
Introductionxv
Before the War3
The Siege of Warsaw11
The Nazis Take Over16
Cafe Sztuka22
"We Will Meet in the Other World"28
The End of the Family32
"May You Die Amongst the Goyim"38
The Brushmakers' Factory42
Life Card48
Escape from the Ghetto56
In the Aryan Section62
The Laboratory66
On the Street73
"Stupid Girl, You Are Going to Germany!"80
Forced Labor85
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary"88
Sabotage93
Escape101
Prison105
Prohno's Farm113
"Do You Like Germans?"119
The Black Forest124
The Gestapo Jail130
Blumenstadt141
"Go to Buchenwald!"150
The Chocolate Soldiers155
France157
Survivors161
The William Jerman172
Map of the Warsaw Ghetto174
Photo Section175
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