Sasha Pechersky Holocaust Hero, Sobibor Resistance Leader, and Hostage of History |
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| Author:
| Leydesdorff, Selma |
| Series title: | Memory and Narrative Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-6525-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $180.00 |
Book Description:
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Despite leading the only successful prisoner revolt at a World War II death camp, Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky never received the public recognition he deserved in his home country of Russia. This story of a forgotten hero reveals the tremendous difference in memorial cultures between societies in the West and societies in the former Communist world
Despite leading the only successful prisoner revolt at a World War II death camp, Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky never received the public recognition he deserved in his home country of Russia. This story of a forgotten hero reveals the tremendous difference in memorial cultures between societies in the West and societies in the former Communist world