| Description |
x, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes notes and bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The memorial candle -- The book -- The pilgrimage -- In the claws of the beast -- In the archives -- Un trésor familial -- The Vilna ghetto -- Revelation in Iowa -- Twenty-one and one -- The aftermath -- The final piece -- The taste of dirt. |
| Summary |
In this mystery woven into a family memoir and a timely history of hatred and resistance, the author seeks the truth about her cousin, a star of Vilna’s Yiddish theater before WWII, as well as the answer to the question of how the next generation should honor the memory of the Holocaust. |
| Subject |
Frank, Meryl -- Family.
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Winter, Franya.
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Jewish actors -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Vilnius.
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Holocaust victims -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Lithuania -- Vilnius.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Lost actress, a forbidden book, and a search for life in the shadow of the Holocaust |
| ISBN |
9780306828362 (hardcover) |
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0306828367 (hardcover) |
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