| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Fay Weldon -- Before the War -- Crossing Borders -- Reunions -- Tearing Through the Iron Curtain -- After the Pilgrimage. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Mira Hamermesh is an award-winning film maker, painter and writer. This moving memoir gives a vivid account of her remarkable life. As a young Jewish teenager she escaped the horrors of German-occupied Poland with only her natural creativity, a rebellious spirit and a talent for good fortune to rely on. Of the millions of words written about WWII, few come from women, and even fewer recount such adventure. Spared the experience of the ghetto and the concentration camp that claimed most of her family, Mira's story is a life-affirming account of a life lived to the full, and a meditation on survival and coincidence, that pays homage to other people's courage. Recounting her escape into Soviet-occupied Poland, Mira shows how her status as a refugee has continued to influence her throughout her life. The journey led her across Europe and eventually to Palestine in 1941; her account of that region, before the establishment of Israel, provides a fascinating insight into the historical setting for today's conflict. Having settled in London where she studied art and married, she eventually won a place at the celebrated Polish Film School in Lodz. At the height of the Cold War Mira Hamermesh commuted across the Iron Curtain - her experience of a divided Europe offers many insights into the political factors that affected people's everyday lives. Mira's theme of political conflict, so often explored in her films, is brought to life here in an intimate account that will live long in the memory. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hamermesh, Mira.
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Hamermesh, Mira. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Hamermesh, Mira. |
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Jews -- Poland -- Biography.
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Jews. |
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Poland. |
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Biographies.
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Jewish refugees -- Biography.
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Jewish refugees. |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Poland -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- Poland -- Biography.
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Jewish motion picture producers and directors. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Poland.
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945 |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hamermesh, Mira. River of angry dogs. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004 9780745322339 (DLC) 2004300546 (OCoLC)61243397 |
| ISBN |
9781849642323 electronic book |
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184964232X electronic book |
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1281750425 |
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9781281750426 |
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0745322336 |
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9780745322339 |
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