Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Twelve stories from Israel's most respected writers confront the Holocaust in a collection of unusual passion and power, an affirmation of human courage and dignity.
Table of Contents
The name / Aharon Megged -- The lead soldiers / Uri Orlev -- Enemy territory / Hanoch Bartov -- The phosphorus line / Itamar Yaoz-Kest -- Mrs. Eckhardt's story / David Schèutz -- Lands of peach, apricot, and bread / Ben-Zion Tomer -- Bertha / Aharon Appelfeld -- Twilight / Shulamith Hareven -- Weger / Yossel Birstein -- Klein / Yitzhak Ben-Mordechai -- La Promenade / Michal Govrin -- The times my father died / Yehuda Amichai.