Driving to Treblinka : a long search for a lost father / Diana Wichtel.

Nā:

Wichtel, Diana [author.]

Momo rauemi: Text

TextEdition: First editionWhakaahuatanga: 278 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 22 cmISBN:

9781927249406
1927249406

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Awards:

ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION 2018.
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. THE E H MCCORMICK BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION 2018.

Summary: Diana Wichtel was born in Vancouver. Her mother was a New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew who had jumped off a train to the Treblinka death camp and hidden from the Nazis until the end of the war. When Diana was 13 she moved to New Zealand with her mother, sister and brother. Her father was to follow. Diana never saw him again. Many years later she sets out to discover what happened to him. The search becomes an obsession as she painstakingly uncovers information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scours archives across the world for clues to her father’s disappearance, and visits the places he lived. This unforgettable narrative is also a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?

Ngā rārangi e kitea ai tēnei tuemi: True War Stories

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

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Momo tuemi	Tauwāhi onāianei	Kohinga	Tau karanga	Tūnga	Rā oti	Waeherepae	Ngā puringa tuemi
Nonfiction	Eltham LibraryPlus Nonfiction	Nonfiction	92 WICH (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		i2176005
Nonfiction	Stratford Nonfiction	Nonfiction	920 WIC (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea (Available)		A00802896

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Includes index.

Diana Wichtel was born in Vancouver. Her mother was a New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew who had jumped off a train to the Treblinka death camp and hidden from the Nazis until the end of the war. When Diana was 13 she moved to New Zealand with her mother, sister and brother. Her father was to follow. Diana never saw him again. Many years later she sets out to discover what happened to him. The search becomes an obsession as she painstakingly uncovers information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scours archives across the world for clues to her father’s disappearance, and visits the places he lived. This unforgettable narrative is also a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?

ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION 2018.

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. THE E H MCCORMICK BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION 2018.

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