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Author: Annette Libeskind Berkovits ,
Daniel Libeskind
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.518kg
ISBN: 9781771122481
ISBN 10: 177112248
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 30 September 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The deeper I went into In the Unlikeliest of Places the more I found my eyes tearing up not from the suffering of victims of the Holocaust but from the beauty of the extraordinary courage and success of Nachman Libeskind. It is, of course, the success of a whole family, a whole people refusing to accept defeat, but it s especially the defiance and joy in his spirit that is so moving. When he goes to Berlin to see the Jewish Museum, designed by his son, Daniel Libeskind, and when he takes up painting in his eighties, not as an old man s busywork but with craft, power, verve, and a brilliant sense of color and composition those victories moved me more than any recent book on the Holocaust and survival. That man! You re going to love him and love the people who supported and believed in him, especially his wife Dora and his children Annette and Daniel and his grandchildren. - John J. Clayton, author of Many Seconds into the Future (2014) and Mitzvah Man (2011)
This is a beautifully written saga of a Jewish family before, during and after World War II. The Holocaust must never be forgotten. The historical value of survivor testimonies is important to preserving the collective memory of humanity. --Hanna Davidson Pankowsky, author of East of the Storm: Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia
Author Information
Annette Libeskind Berkovits was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in postwar Poland and the fledgling state of Israel before coming to America at age sixteen. In her three-decade career with the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, she spearheaded the institution's nationwide and worldwide science education programs. Her achievements include the first-ever agreement to bring environmental education to China's schools. The National Science Foundation has recognized her outstanding leadership in the field. Daniel Libeskind is an internationally renowned architect, known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Dublin Performing Arts Center in Dublin, Ireland. His practice is designing commercial, residential, and cultural buildings around the world. His Master Plan for rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City was selected in 2003 and has served as the blueprint for the entire site, including the Freedom Tower, the Memorial, the Museum, and the PATH Terminal.
