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Fall of a Sparrow

The Life and Times of Abba Kovner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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The Fall of a Sparrow is the only full biography in English of the partisan, poet, and patriot Abba Kovner (1918–1987). An unsung and largely unknown hero of the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence, Kovner was born in Vilna, "the Jerusalem of Lithuania." Long before the rest of the world suspected, he was the first person to state that Hitler was planning to kill the Jews of Europe. Kovner and other defenders of the Vilna ghetto, only hours before its destruction, escaped to the forest to join the partisans fighting the Nazis. Returning after the Liberation to find Vilna empty of Jews, he immigrated to Israel, where he devised a fruitless plot to take revenge on the Germans. He then joined the Israeli army and served as the Givati Brigade's Information Officer, writing "Battle Notes," newsletters that inspired the troops defending Tel Aviv. After the war, Kovner settled on a kibbutz and dedicated his life to working the land, writing poetry, and raising a family. He was also the moving force behind such projects as the Diaspora Museum and the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. The Fall of a Sparrow is based on countless interviews with people who knew Kovner, and letters and archival material that have never been translated before.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-21
Mått152 x 229 x 32 mm
Vikt703 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Antal sidor440
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804762489
ÖversättareYuval, Elizabeth
UtmärkelserWinner of National Jewish Book Award (Biography/Autobiography) 2009

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Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ICONCEPTION AND PREPARATION1. Lublin, January–March 1945 The Idea of Vengeance2. Bucharest, March–June 1945 From Conception to Preparation3. Italy, July–August 1945 The Jewish BrigadePART IIATTEMPTED VENGEANCE4. Palestine and Europe, August 1945–March 1946 Kovner and the Yishuv5. Paris, February–June 1946 The Haganah and the Avengers6. Germany, August 1945–June 1946 Life Apart from LifeConclusionAPPENDIXESChronologyList of the AvengersNotesSourcesIndex

"Dina Porat has written a superb book, certainly one of the most important works of modern Jewish history to have appeared in recent years. The scope of her achievement is all the more convincing given the fact that she chose a very difficult subject for a biography . . . Porat's book serves as a reminder that sometimes individuals do not have to wield power in order to inspire and to serve as moral lodestones."—Samuel Kassow, Studies in Contemporary Jewry "Porat is at once biographer and historian, with a vision at times microscopic, probing Kovner's inner world, at times telescopic, surveying the larger world that he inhabited and also shaped. Now that it is available in Elizabeth Yuval's translation, Porat's book is for English-speaking readers the most important point of entry into Kovner's world."—Edward Alexander, Chicago Jewish Star "This books is an excellent and reliable account not only of a major activist and author but also of a vital phase in Jewish history . . . What Porat has managed to achieve is the assured positioning of Kovner in the pantheon of Israel's heroes."—Leon Yudkin, H-Net Reviews "Abba Kovner's life story encompasses many of the central themes of twentieth-century Jewish history. Dina Porat's exhaustively-researched and exquisitely-written biography of this partisan leader, poet, and shaper of Israeli perceptions of the Jewish past opens new vistas onto the Holocaust and the political, military, and cultural history of the State of Israel."—David Engel, New York University