Overview
Holocaust witnesses will soon cease to exist. As Tolstoy famously put it, what is to be done? One answer is Out of Hiding, a cross-section of stories collected from one region of the globe, British Columbia, Canada, examining 85 authors and 160 books. Out of Hiding is both inspiring and chilling. The outstanding characters include the heroic whistleblower, Rudolf Vrba, credited by historian Sir Martin Gilbert with saving at least 100,000 lives, as well as Robbie Waisman, likely the only person ever to sneak his way into a concentration camp twice. This wide-ranging collection also features an Afterword by Yosef Wosk and is dedicated to Dutch-born survivor Robert Krell, the MLK of Holocaust education in Canada. Illustrated and profoundly educational, this patchwork quilt of memory and history belongs in every British Columbia household if the Holocaust is not to be forgotten, under-estimated or disregarded.
Full Product Details
Author: Alan Twigg
Publisher: Ronsdale Press
Imprint: Ronsdale Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781553806622
ISBN 10: 155380662
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 01 June 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
A fascinating overview of BC Holocaust literature. The afterword by Rabbi Yosef Wosk rounds out the collection with his thought-provoking reflections on hiding. - Jewish IndependentAn important publication - Zachor (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) A celebration of 85 authors/survivors who have written about their harrowing and inspiring stories. - Vancouver Sun
"""A celebration of 85 authors/survivors who have written about their harrowing and inspiring stories."" - Vancouver Sun A ""fascinating"" overview of BC Holocaust literature. The afterword by Rabbi Yosef Wosk ""rounds out the collection with his thought-provoking reflections on hiding."" - Jewish Independent An ""important publication"" - Zachor (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) ""What Twigg's stunning testament achieves is to keep alive even unspoken Holocaust truths."" - subTerrain Magazine ""Out of Hiding is well illustrated, so that people, locales and related artifacts from the BC milieu and its narratives are richly presented."" - The BC Review ""The Holocaust must not to be forgotten, under-estimated or disregarded. This book represents the best way forward in the 21st century.""-- Dr. Robert Krell ""Out of Hiding is both inspiring and chilling."" -- Dr. Ruth Linn"
Author Information
As the author of 20 books in 40 years, Alan Twigg is British Columbia’ s leading man of letters having also created BC BookWorld, BC BookLook, ABCBookWorld, seven literary documentaries, many of the province’ s literary prizes and the Indigenous Literary Map of BC. He is a Member of the Order of Canada.
