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1 online resource (xiv, 180 pages) : illustrations |
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Prologue: a vanished world -- And music was in the air -- The saddest thing -- 17 days -- The Gulag -- Love in Ili -- From the ashes -- The Association of Jewish Students -- Our American education -- My American century -- Peaks and valleys -- Epilogue: an octogenarian in a new millennium |
| Summary |
"Victor Zarnowitz is a world-famous economist. Victor Zarnowitz is also a man who grew up in the Polish town of Oswiecim, known in German as Auschwitz. Zarnowitz fled the area as the Nazis advanced in September 1939. Moving eastward with his brother, he landed in the arms of the Soviets and was sent to a Siberian Gulag. How did this brilliant young man, who nearly died at the hands of the Soviets, end up a renowned University of Chicago economist? That's exactly what this memoir is all about. While memoirs of the Holocaust are plentiful, the Jewish experience in Stalin's Gulags has been virtually forgotten. Weaving politics and economics into the harrowing tale of his personal journey, Zarnowitz's inspiring life story provides a priceless perspective on some of the most traumatic upheavals of the 20th century - and on the resilience and power of the human spirit."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index |
| Notes |
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 |
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| Subject |
Zarnowitz, Victor, 1919-2009.
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Zarnowitz, Victor, 1919-2009 fast |
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Zarnowitz, Victor, 1919-2009 nli |
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Economists -- United States -- Biography
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Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography
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Economists
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Holocaust survivors
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Judenvernichtung
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Überlebender
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Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
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Economists -- United States -- Biography
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Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography
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United States
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USA
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008016489 |
| ISBN |
9780313357794 |
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031335779X |
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1282565966 |
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9781282565968 |
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9786612565960 |
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6612565969 |
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