The Last Days: Steven Spielberg And The Survivors Of The Shoah Vi

The Last Days: Steven Spielberg And The Survivors Of The Shoah Vi

by David Cesarani (Author), Foundation Shoah (Author), Steven Spielberg (Author), David Cesarani (Author), David Cesarani (Author)

Synopsis

Steven Spielberg's Shoah foundation presents an important historical testament documenting the fate of the Hungarian Jews in the last Frenzied months of Hitler's 'Final Solution' This book is published to coincide with the cinematic release of a documentary film that follows 5 survivors of the Holocaust in Hungary in 1944. Each survivor describes life before the war; the swift and barbarous execution of Hitler's policies from March 1944 : their experiences in Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau; and follows them on their return to the camps 50 years later to discoover the fates of their immediate families. The Hungarian Holocaust was 1 of the Greatest tragedies of World War II : The murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews in the final monthsof the war, when German power was on the wane. The last days highlights some of the fortunate survivors, in a memorial to those who did not survive.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 27 May 1999

ISBN 10: 0297824791
ISBN 13: 9780297824794
Book Overview: *Coincides with the cinematicrelease of powerful 1 and a half hour documentary film of same name. *Produced in conjunction with the survivors of the Shoah Visual History foundation. *1 of the most highly respected writers on Holocaust studies today.

Author Bio
David Cesarani is Director of Studies at the Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library. He has written on Anglo-Jewish history, and the history of Zionism, and has written the official history of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper. From 1987-1991 he was consultant to the All-Party Parliamentary War Crimes Group and was Principal Researcher of its 'Report on the Entry on Nazi War Criminals and Collaborators in the UK, 1945-50. He was awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours List 2006.