The Resource The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help, Faris Cassell
The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help, Faris Cassell
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The item The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help, Faris Cassell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
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- Summary
- ""Dear Madam - You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe and this letter will not astonish you." In August 1939, just days before World War II broke out in Europe, a Jewish man in Vienna named Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to a stranger in America who shared his last name. "By pure chance I got your address . . . I beg you instantly to send for me and my wife..." Decades later, journalist Faris Cassell stumbled upon the stunning letter and became determined to uncover the story behind it. How did the American Bergers respond? Did Alfred and his family escape Nazi Germany? Over a decade-long investigation in which she traveled thousands of miles, explored archives and offices in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Israel, interviewed descendants, and found letters, photos, and sketches made by family members during the Holocaust, Cassell wrote the devastating true story of The Unanswered Letter"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 437 pages
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Isbn
- 9781684510177
- Label
- The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help
- Title
- The unanswered letter
- Title remainder
- one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help
- Statement of responsibility
- Faris Cassell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""Dear Madam - You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe and this letter will not astonish you." In August 1939, just days before World War II broke out in Europe, a Jewish man in Vienna named Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to a stranger in America who shared his last name. "By pure chance I got your address . . . I beg you instantly to send for me and my wife..." Decades later, journalist Faris Cassell stumbled upon the stunning letter and became determined to uncover the story behind it. How did the American Bergers respond? Did Alfred and his family escape Nazi Germany? Over a decade-long investigation in which she traveled thousands of miles, explored archives and offices in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Israel, interviewed descendants, and found letters, photos, and sketches made by family members during the Holocaust, Cassell wrote the devastating true story of The Unanswered Letter"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cassell, Faris
- Dewey number
- 940.53/18092243613
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS135.A93
- LC item number
- A133 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Berger family
- Jews
- Holocaust victims
- Holocaust survivors
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help, Faris Cassell
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 437 pages
- Isbn
- 9781684510177
- Lccn
- 2020006043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, genealogical tables, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1141031850
- (OCoLC)1141031850
- 2576676
- Label
- The unanswered letter : one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help, Faris Cassell
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 437 pages
- Isbn
- 9781684510177
- Lccn
- 2020006043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, genealogical tables, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1141031850
- (OCoLC)1141031850
- 2576676
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