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From fleeing the Warsaw Ghetto and living underground to fighting for social justice in 1960s’ Seattle and helping smash the communist system in 1980s’ Poland, this is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish, and American history. It is also a story of the hidden anguish that accompanies and courses through that history, of the living haunted by the dead. The story is told through a conversation, often contentious, between Michael Steinlauf, historian of Polish-Jewish culture and child of Holocaust survivors, and the anthropologist and artist Elżbieta Janicka. It is illustrated with scores of photographs and documents.



Table of Contents

1. Poland, 1980s

2. Columbia, 1960s

3. Seattle, first half of the 1970s

4. Brighton Beach, 1950s

5. Brandeis, 1979-88

6. Bondage to the Dead, first time around

7. Bondage to the Dead, second time around

8. Moses, Moyshe, Michał, Maryś, Michel, Michael first time around

9. Moses, Moyshe, Michał, Maryś, Michel, Michael second time around

10. Postscripts

Acknowledgements

This Was Not America: A Wrangle Through

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      Publisher Cherry Orchard Books
      Published 27 October 2022
      ISBN-13 9781644698396
      978-1644698396
      ISBN-10 1644698390
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From fleeing the Warsaw Ghetto and living underground to fighting for social justice in 1960s’ Seattle and helping smash the communist system in 1980s’ Poland, this is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish, and American history. It is also a story of the hidden anguish that accompanies and courses through that history, of the living haunted by the dead. The story is told through a conversation, often contentious, between Michael Steinlauf, historian of Polish-Jewish culture and child of Holocaust survivors, and the anthropologist and artist Elżbieta Janicka. It is illustrated with scores of photographs and documents.



      Table of Contents

      1. Poland, 1980s

      2. Columbia, 1960s

      3. Seattle, first half of the 1970s

      4. Brighton Beach, 1950s

      5. Brandeis, 1979-88

      6. Bondage to the Dead, first time around

      7. Bondage to the Dead, second time around

      8. Moses, Moyshe, Michał, Maryś, Michel, Michael first time around

      9. Moses, Moyshe, Michał, Maryś, Michel, Michael second time around

      10. Postscripts

      Acknowledgements

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