After Auschwitz: One Man's Story

by Hermann Gruenwald, Bryan Demchinsky

Overview

Gruenwald paints his life story onto the larger canvas of some of the great conflicts and movements of the twentieth century. He offers a vivid portrayal of growing up affluent and Jewish in class-conscious Hungary in the interwar period and of the initial promise and disillusioning reality of Hungarian communism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773577305
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	05/28/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	290
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Businessman Hermann Gruenwald is the owner and manager of Reliable Hosiery. Also active in real estate, he lives in Montreal.

Bryan Demchinsky is the business editor of the Montreal Gazette, the author of Montreal Then and Now, Vols. I and II, co-auth

Table of Contents

Prelude     ix
Preface   Bryan Demchinsky     xi
On the Beach     3
A Good Beginning     8
Rohod     15
The Day before Disaster     30
Into the Whirlwind     49
A Cook in Auschwitz     58
Life and Death Go On     72
Touching Bottom     85
Picking Up the Pieces     93
Making a Go of It     104
Out of Europe     116
Starting Over     133
On My Own     146
Adventures in the Garment Trade     165
Fitting In and Branching Out     181
The Real Estate Game     190
The Big Time     203
Taking Off in All Directions     220
Almost Losing It     247
All in the Family     254
Return to Auschwitz     262
Index     267