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A Survivor's Memoir
I hope that any one that relly like to understad a jurney of life has to read it... life will look in other color at the end of the book. Good for the soul

Words that replace markers and tombstones
Ms.Glasberg has had the courage to dig and relive her unspeakablyhellish past. She has performed an everlasting act of kindness by giving thousands of Jews murdered, some sort of dignity. So many of them whithout even a marking to attest that once, not long ago they were part of families and communities full of life. May their memories live forever. As a decendant of a family from the Jewish Community in Chernowitz this book has taught me much of what became of my extended family back then.

wow
Unlike the other books where the concentration camps are well known and they are all the same story, this one is uniqe. Instead of gas chambers and crematoriums the people in Bershad were starved to death and nearliberation, they were shot. even after liberation the book is exciting andheartbreaking. do not leave it sitting on the shelves. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Historical - Holocaust    5. Holocaust survivors    6. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    7. Jewish Holocaust Personal Narratives    8. Jews    9. Personal narratives    10. Romania    11. Biography: general    12. Gold, Ruth Glasberg    13. Jewish studies    14. The Holocaust    15. World history: Second World War   

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Romanian Jewish history
This work is based on a 1976 doctoral thesis at the University of Aix-en-Provence (France). It fills a gap for most Romanian Jewish genealogists by describing the conditions that led up to their ancestorsemigrating from Romania and also makes it clear that there are many morechapters and books that can be written about Romanian Jewish history. Sincethe thesis is written without footnotes, it will make further researchdifficult. [Web editor: original thesis contains full footnotes].Read more

Subjects:  1. Antisemitism    2. Ethnic relations    3. History    4. History Of Jews    5. History: World    6. Jews    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Politics - Current Events    9. Romania    10. 20th century    11. Economic history    12. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    13. European history: from c 1900 -    14. Jewish studies    15. Social history    16. c 1800 to c 1900   

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interesting period in European diplomacy
This interesting volume traces diplomatic developments as the Romanian principalities seek to avoid domination by both the Ottoman and Russian empires.The Romanian involvement in the "revolutions" of 1821 and 1848 is described, as are Russia's increasingly heavy-handed attemptsto use its hegemony to block economic competition from the Romanian port ofGalati.(The time period is a little early, but this volume and acompanion volume by Paul Michelson are especially fascinating when read incontrast to the treatment of the "Eastern Question" inDostoevsky's "Writer's Diary.")The importance of the period ishighlighted by the seeds sown for the Crimean War, especially regarding thegrowing distrust between Britain and Russia. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1821-1859    2. Eastern Europe - History    3. Foreign relations    4. General    5. History    6. History: World    7. Romania    8. Russia   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. 20th century    3. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    4. Ethnic relations    5. History    6. Nationalism    7. Politics and government    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Romania    10. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    11. c 1980 to c 1990    12. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Contemporary Politics - Europe    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Hungarians    8. Hungary    9. Nationalism    10. Romania    11. Romanians    12. Transylvania (Romania)    13. Eastern Europe    14. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    15. History / Europe / Eastern    16. Social history   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. Europe - France    3. History    4. History: World    5. European history: First World War    6. International relations    7. Romania    8. Romanian history    9. World War I    10. Diplomacy   

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A personalized look at life after communism
"Opening All of the Doors" works on two or three levels. I thought the most interesting part was the sense of getting to know people that the author met in Romania; not just the important and powerful people, but also the common every day people. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Historical - General    5. 1-4120-0330-x,141200330,03-0699,trafford,james k. mccollum,romania,transition,adventure,academic,challenge,overcoming bureaucracy,bureaucracy,flexibility,in the face of obstacles,travel adventures,travel    6. Biography & Autobiography / General    7. Biography: general    8. Eastern Europe   

Subjects:  1. 1901-    2. Balkan Peninsula - History    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Giurescu, Constantin C.,    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Romania    9. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    10. Giurescu, Constantin C   

Subjects:  1. 1914-1944    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Foreign relations    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Romania    8. European history: Second World War    9. History / Europe / Eastern    10. Second World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Eastern Europe - History    4. Europe - General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Nationalism    9. Relations    10. Romania    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. General    4. History    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Relations    8. Romania   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Civilization    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. History    5. History: World    6. Romania   

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A shell of a book
Because of the horrific subject matter, and the heroic role of the main author in the saving of countless lives, and the everpressing need for all survivors of all holocausts to have their voices heard, I am initially hesitant to say something bad about this book, but the truth is, this is not a very good book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. History - General History    3. Holocaust    4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    5. Jewish Holocaust Personal Narratives    6. Jews    7. Persecutions    8. Personal narratives    9. Rescue    10. Romania    11. Transnistria (Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)    12. Ukraine    13. World War, 1939-1945    14. Jagendorf, Siegfried   

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula    2. Diplomatic history    3. Foreign relations    4. Germany    5. Romania    6. Soviet Union    7. World War, 1939-1945   

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prison memoir set in Communist Romania
The author relates his life in Communist Romania in the late 1940s & 1950s, his time in prison (for attempting to escape), his eventual life in the West, and his return visit in the 1980s.Some of these true incidentsare gruesome, yet they inspire gratitude for living in the US.Theauthor's eyewitness recounting of Ceausescu's visit to Canada in the 1980sis hilarious, in a black comedy sort of way. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Communism    3. Emigration And Immigration    4. History: World    5. Political refugees    6. Romania    7. United States    8. Dima, Nicholas   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Contemporary Politics - Europe    3. History    4. Politics/International Relations    5. Revolutions    6. Romania    7. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    8. Political structure & processes    9. Revolutions & coups    10. c 1980 to c 1990    11. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Journalism    6. European history: from c 1900 -    7. Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism    8. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History - General History    3. Politics/International Relations    4. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    5. Political ideologies    6. Romania    7. Social history   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Romania    3. World War, 1914-1918