03360cam a2200469 i 4500 1011073207 TxGeo 20231012120000.0 230717s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780593793060 trade pbk. 0593793064 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1391694667 TxGeo rda Finkelstein, Daniel, author. Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. Two roads home [large print] : Hitler, Stalin and the miraculous survival of my family / Daniel Finkelstein. Survival of my family. 2 roads home : Hitler, Stalin and the miraculous survival of my family. First large print edition. [New York, NY] : Random House Large Print, [2023] 584 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, in 2023"--Title page verso. "An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Love and Murder is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it"-- Provided by publisher. 20231114. Finkelstein, Mirjam 1933-2017. Finkelstein, Ludwik 1929-2011. Wiener family. Finkelstein family. Wiener Library History. Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Biography. Holocaust survivors Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Refugees England London Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Refugees Netherlands Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Refugees Poland Biography. Polish people Relocation Russia (Federation) Siberia. Large type books. Biographies. QS5