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Title
Escaping to Palestine
Creator
Kraus, Stephen Victor
Contributor
Kraus, Stephen Victor
Date Created and/or Issued
2012-10-10
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Holocaust Living History Workshop
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
Stephen Victor Kraus grew up in interwar Warsaw in a wealthy and assimilated Jewish family. As the German tanks rolled in, his family fled. After an extended odyssey through Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia, they reached Palestine and safety. Kraus shares his memories of his life in Warsaw and Jerusalem, and about his dramatic escape from Poland.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
text
Form/Genre
Personal narratives--Jewish
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb22206761
Language
English
Subject
Private schools
Refugee children
Jews, Polish
Jewish refugees
World War (1939-1945)
Personal narratives--Jewish
Palestine
Jerusalem
Romania
United States
Poland--Warsaw
Yugoslavia
1939-1945
1929-1939
1945-1947
Place
Palestine
Jerusalem
Romania
United States
Poland
Warsaw
Yugoslavia

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