{"product_id":"in-the-unlikeliest-of-places-how-nachman-libeskind-survived-the-nazis-gulags-and-soviet-communism-9781771122481","title":"In the Unlikeliest of Places: How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis, Gulags, and Soviet Communism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing a box of her father's tape recordings, Annette Libeskind Berkovits weaves together an unforgettable story of a Jewish family before, during, and after World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnette Libeskind Berkovits thought her attempt to have her father record his life's story failed. But in 2004, three years after her father's death, she was going through his things and found a box of tapes―several years' worth―with his spectacular life, triumphs, and tragedies told one last time in his baritone voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNachman Libeskind's remarkable story is an odyssey through crucial events of the twentieth century. With an unshakable will and a few drops of luck, he survives a pre-war Polish prison; witnesses the 1939 Nazi invasion of Lodz and narrowly escapes; is imprisoned in a brutal Soviet gulag where he helps his fellow inmates survive, and upon regaining his freedom treks to the foothills of the Himalayas, where he finds and nearly loses the love of his life. Later, the crushing communist regime and a lingering postwar anti-Semitism in Poland drive Nachman and his young family to Israel, where he faces a new form of discrimination. Then, defiantly, Nachman turns a pocketful of change into a new life in New York City, where a heartbreaking promise leads to his unlikely success as a modernist painter that inspires others to pursue their dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith just a box of tapes, Berkovits tells more than her father's story: she builds an uncommon family saga and reimagines a turbulent past. In the process she uncovers a stubborn optimism that flourished in the unlikeliest of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771122481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Annette Libeskind Berkovits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017186169013,"sku":"9781771122481","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_594d9db0-2077-40c1-b081-4a3bba5b9423.jpg?v=1609163365","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-the-unlikeliest-of-places-how-nachman-libeskind-survived-the-nazis-gulags-and-soviet-communism-9781771122481","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}