In my brother's image : twin brothers separated by faith after the Holocaust
Pogany, Eugene2001
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In My Brother's Image is an eloquent portrayal of how the Holocaust destroyed two close brothers' childhood bond. Each believing the other to be a traitor to their family's faith, they remained estranged even after emigrating to America. In My Brother's Image is the extraordinary story of Eugene Pogany's father and uncle-identical twin brothers born in Hungary of Jewish parents but raised as devout Catholic converts until the Second World War unraveled their family. In eloquent prose, Pogany portrays how the Holocaust destroyed the brothers' close childhood bond: his father, a survivor of a Nazi internment camp, denounced Christianity and returned to the Judaism of his birth, while his uncle, who found shelter in an Italian monastic community during the war, became a Catholic priest. Even after emigrating to America the brothers remained estranged, each believing the other a traitor to their family's faith. This tragic memoir is a rich, moving family portrait as well as an objective historical account of the rupture between Jews and Catholics.
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New York : Penguin ; London : Kuperard [distributor], 2001.
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xviii, 327p., [8]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
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Originally published: 2000.
Contents:
AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotePrologue: Sorrow in Search of MemoryChapter 1: DepartingChapter 2: Crossing OverChapter 3: CrucibleChapter 4: ProvidenceChapter 5: HarbingersChapter 6: ExileChapter 7: BreachChapter 8: FlightChapter 9: SanctuaryChapter 10: BetrayalsChapter 11: Path of SorrowChapter 12: SamaritansChapter 13: Death and ResurrectionChapter 14: AscensionChapter 15: ReunionChapter 16: DisarmedChapter 17: "Jew Priest"Chapter 18: RevisitingChapter 19: Memoria PassionisChapter 20: MourningChapter 21: RemembranceNotes
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9780141002248 (pbk)
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909.049240820922
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English
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2522568
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