The family three fates in the twentieth century
Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the contentious birth...
| Main Author: | Laskin, David, 1953- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Volozhin
- The move to Rakov
- The making of a revolutionary
- The boys
- Lower East Side
- The birth of a business
- Socialist in a black satin dress
- First World War
- Pioneers
- The Depression
- "We will be glad to take you back"
- In love in the land
- Return to Rakov
- "The world of tomorrow"
- Second World War
- Under the big ones
- "They snatch whole streets"
- "Aktion"
- Vilna ghetto
- Yom Kippur, 1941
- Wonder girl
- Breakdowns
- Despairing people
- Klooga
- Postwar.