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Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
Jan Tomasz Gross
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Description for Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
Paperback. Beginning with one photograph, this moving book evokes the depth and range, as well as the intimacy, of Hitler's final solution in World War Two. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the "crops" scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? The starting point of Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--"diggers"--atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some ... Read more
It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the "crops" scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? The starting point of Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--"diggers"--atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190614539
SKU
V9780190614539
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About Jan Tomasz Gross
Jan Tomasz Gross is Norman B. Tomlinson Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University. He is the author of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Irena Grudzinska Gross is Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at ... Read more
Reviews for Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
lucid and chilling book
The New Yorker
extraordinarily powerful account
Neal Gendler, The American Jewish World
[Golden Harvest] is a remarkable, stunning work.
Gila Wertheimer, Chicago Jewish Star
Golden Harvest is a harrowing and shocking book, all the more so because it is written in measured tones, drawing cautious conclusions, and is meticulously referenced. ... Read more
The New Yorker
extraordinarily powerful account
Neal Gendler, The American Jewish World
[Golden Harvest] is a remarkable, stunning work.
Gila Wertheimer, Chicago Jewish Star
Golden Harvest is a harrowing and shocking book, all the more so because it is written in measured tones, drawing cautious conclusions, and is meticulously referenced. ... Read more