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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Laskin, David, 1953- author.     Subjects     Kaganovich family.     Laskin, David, 1953-     Jews -- Belarus -- Biography.     Jews, Belarusian -- United States -- Biography.     Jews, Belarusian -- Palestine -- Biography.     Valozhyn (Belarus) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Laskin, David, 1953- author.       by title:      The family : three j...         MARC Display

The family : three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century / David Laskin. by Laskin, David, 1953- author. New York : Viking, 2013. Subjects Kaganovich family.   Laskin, David, 1953-   Jews -- Belarus -- Biography.   Jews, Belarusian -- United States -- Biography.   Jews, Belarusian -- Palestine -- Biography.   Valozhyn (Belarus) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780670025473 (hardcover) 067002547X (hardcover) Description:  xi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  Volozhin -- The move to Rakov -- The making of a revolutionary -- The boys -- Lower East Side -- The birth of a business -- Socialist in a black satin dress -- First World War -- Pioneers -- The Depression -- "We will be glad to take you back" -- In love in the land -- Return to Rakov -- "The world of tomorrow" -- Second World War -- Under the big ones -- "They snatch whole streets" -- "Aktion" -- Vilna Ghetto -- Yom Kippur, 1941 -- Wonder girl -- Breakdowns -- Despairing people -- Klooga -- Postwar. Requests:  0 Summary:  Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the contentious birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 929.20973 Kaganovich La Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 929.20973 Kaganovich La Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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