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Writers Arwen Donahue and Rebecca Gayle Howell have released a new book published by the University Press of Kentucky titled This is Home Now: Kentucky’s Holocaust Survivor’s Speak.
Hot off the presses as of June 1, 2009 from The University Press of Kentucky’s website:
At the end of World War II, many thousands of Jewish Holocaust survivors immigrated to the United States from Europe in search of a new beginning. Most settled in major metropolitan areas, usually in predominantly Jewish communities, where proximity to co-religionists offered a measure of cultural and social support. However, some survivors settled in rural areas throughout the country, including in Kentucky, where they encountered an entirely different set of circumstances. Although much scholarship has been devoted to Holocaust survivors living in an urban context, little has been written about them in the contexts of their experiences in rural America.
Approximately forty Holocaust survivors currently live in Kentucky. Using excerpts from oral history interviews and documentary portrait photography, authors Arwen Donahue and photographer Rebecca Gayle Howell tell the fascinating stories of nine of these survivors, creating a unique work of traditional history and contemporary art. The book focuses on the survivors' lives after their liberation from Nazi concentration camps, illuminating their reasons for settling in Kentucky, their initial reactions to American culture, and their reflections on integrating into rural American life.
For purchase, the book is priced at about $40, depending on bookstore choice. The Lexington Public Library carries copies of the book at both the Beaumont Branch located at 3080 Fieldstone Way, off of Harrodsburg Road, and Central Library downtown Lexington at 140 East Main Street. Happy reading!
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