The Boy - Hardcover

Porat, Dan A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809030713 ISBN 13: 9780809030712

Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 2010

Synopsis

A gravel road. A sunny day. A soldier. A gun. A child, arms high in the air. A moment captured on film. But what is the history behind arguably the most recognizable photograph of the Holocaust? In "The Boy: A Holocaust Story", the historian Dan A. Porat unpacks this split second that was immortalized on film and unravels the stories of the individuals - both Jews and Nazis - associated with it. "The Boy" presents the story of three Nazi criminals, ranging in status from SS sergeant to low-ranking SS officer to SS general. It is also the story of two Jewish victims, a teenage girl and a young boy, who encounter these Nazis in Warsaw in the spring of 1943. The book is remarkable in its scope, picking up the lives of these participants in the years preceding World War I and following them to their deaths. One of the Nazis managed to stay at large for twenty-two years. One of the survivors lived long enough to lose a son in the Yom Kippur War. The sixty-two photographs dispersed throughout help narrate these five lives. And, in keeping with the emotional immediacy of those photographs, Porat has deliberately used a narrative style that, drawing upon extensive research, experience, and oral interviews, places the reader in the middle of unfolding events.

About this title

About the Author

Dan Porat is on the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and teaches courses on the representation of the Holocaust. He is the author of numerous academic publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809030713
• ISBN 13: 9780809030712
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304