A New Yorker Reviewersâ Favorites âBeckerman recounts the historic trajectory of this grand assertion of human rights with passionate clarity and pellucid conviction.ââCynthia Ozick AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, NEARLY THREE MILLION JEWS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THE SOVIET UNION. They lived a paradoxâunwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. When They Come for Us, Weâll Be Gone is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Drawing on newly released Soviet government documents and hundreds of interviews, Beckerman shows how the movement led to a mass exodus in 1989 and forced human rights into the center of American foreign policy. In cinematic detail, this multigenerational saga, filled with suspense and revelations, provides an essential missing piece of Cold War and Jewish history. âFresh, surprising and exceedingly well-researched.ââAnne Applebaum, Washington Post Best Nonfiction 2010 âA riveting work of reporting and a magisterial history of one of the twentieth centuryâs great dramas of liberation.ââCommentary
When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry
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Author: Beckerman, Gal
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 046442573092
Details:
Author: Beckerman, Gal
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 416
Release Date: 01-12-2010
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780618573097
