Gated grief
Subtitle: the daughter of a GI concentration camp liberator discovers a legacy of trauma
By: by Leila Levinson
Publisher: Cable Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Brule, Wisc
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781934980545
Subjects: Liberation; Concentration camps; American Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945; Interviews; Veterans
Other titles: Daughter of a GI concentration camp liberator discovers a legacy of trauma
Description: "After her father died, Leila Levinson discovered his haunting photos of the Nazi concentration camp where Captain Reuben Levinson had encountered hell. To understand war's horror, Leila sought out other veterans who had also witnessed the unimaginable. [This] is the story of war's trauma as it wreaks its hidden havoc over generations."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The aftermath. Opening the trunk; title: L'dor va dor; title: Untold war stories; title: Memorializing; title: George Kaiser : after shock comes devastation; title: Eli Heimberg : repairing the world; title: Maurice Paper : a one-two punch; title: Al Hirsch : lamination; title: George Tievsky : no words can convey; title: Edgar Edelsack : disturbing the seabed; title: Nat Futterman : the terror of looking; title: The trauma of the GI liberators; title: Kay Bonner Nee : monstrous memory; title: pt. 2. Scenes of the crimes. Nordhausen; title: Perth Amboy; title: Boelcke Barracks; title: The paperweight.