Strangers in a Stranger Land

John B. Simon

doi:10.5771/9780761871507

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Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-7149-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-7150-7
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 474
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
CHAPTER ONE. Iron Cross for a Jew? No access Pages 2 - 15
CHAPTER TWO. Benjamin Reminisces about his Childhood No access Pages 16 - 22
CHAPTER THREE. Vidablick No access Pages 23 - 37
CHAPTER FOUR. Peisach Loses Everything No access Pages 38 - 49
CHAPTER FIVE. Benjamin Remembers His Grandfather No access Pages 50 - 53
CHAPTER SIX. Finland Becomes Part of the Russian Empire No access Pages 54 - 64
CHAPTER SEVEN. Annus Mirabilis No access Pages 65 - 72
CHAPTER EIGHT. Peisach Gets a Life No access Pages 73 - 81
CHAPTER NINE. Correspondence after Camp No access Pages 82 - 91
CHAPTER TEN. Benjamin Recalls His Family’s Return to Viipuri No access Pages 92 - 96
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Mendel’s Childhood No access Pages 97 - 108
CHAPTER TWELVE. A Little Bird No access Pages 109 - 117
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Upheaval No access Pages 118 - 130
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Civil War No access Pages 131 - 142
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Finland Lurches Right No access Pages 143 - 149
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Benjamin Thinks Back on Hard Times No access Pages 150 - 153
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Mendel Becomes a Citizen No access Pages 154 - 162
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Finland Recovers No access Pages 163 - 169
CHAPTER NINETEEN. Benjamin Reflects on the Rise of Zionism No access Pages 170 - 174
CHAPTER TWENTY. Loyalty Parallax No access Pages 175 - 186
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Rachel Makes a Decision No access Pages 187 - 192
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. David and the Refugee Situation No access Pages 193 - 200
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Benjamin Becomes the Man of the House No access Pages 201 - 211
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Benjamin Recalls His Adolescent Years No access Pages 212 - 217
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Europe in Turmoil No access Pages 218 - 225
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Lotta Training and Civil Guard Youth Camp No access Pages 226 - 236
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. A Night on the Town No access Pages 237 - 246
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. The Magical Summer of ’39 No access Pages 247 - 256
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. Benjamin Recalls the Start of the Winter War No access Pages 257 - 261
CHAPTER THIRTY. The Winter War Begins No access Pages 262 - 276
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. Finland’s Survival at Risk No access Pages 277 - 284
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO. Benjamin Remembers the Winter War No access Pages 285 - 289
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. Finland Is Forced to Accept a Bitter Peace No access Pages 290 - 295
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. Finland’s Fragile Truce No access Pages 296 - 303
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. Benjamin Reflects on His Altered Status No access Pages 304 - 307
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. Hitler Changes His Mind No access Pages 308 - 319
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. Pressure Mounts No access Pages 320 - 328
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT. A Night at the Theater No access Pages 329 - 338
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. Afraid of Being Eaten by the Bear, the Lamb Lies Down with the Wolf No access Pages 339 - 344
CHAPTER FORTY. Miracles Sometimes Happen No access Pages 345 - 349
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE. Benjamin on Heroism and Fear No access Pages 350 - 353
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO. Benjamin Goes to War No access Pages 354 - 364
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. Rachel Crosses the Border No access Pages 365 - 373
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR. David’s Battlefront Diary No access Pages 374 - 379
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE. Finland Walks a Tightrope No access Pages 380 - 385
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX. Tent Synagogueon the German Front No access Pages 386 - 396
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN. “Those Eight” No access Pages 397 - 402
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT. Benjamin’s Recollections of the Trench War No access Pages 403 - 408
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE. Rachel Meets the Steinbocks No access Pages 409 - 415
CHAPTER FIFTY. The Worm Turns No access Pages 416 - 421
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE. The Beginning of the End No access Pages 422 - 425
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO. Waiting No access Pages 426 - 428
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE. Against Overwhelming Odds No access Pages 429 - 435
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR. All Hell Breaks Loose No access Pages 436 - 446
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE. What Price Peace? No access Pages 447 - 456
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX. And Then? No access Pages 457 - 460
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN. Aftermath No access Pages 461 - 470
Acknowledgments No access Pages 471 - 472
About the Author No access Pages 473 - 474