{"product_id":"thoughts-of-a-polish-jew-to-kasienka-from-grandpa-9781618114976","title":"Thoughts of a Polish Jew: To Kasieńka from","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThoughts of a Polish Jew: To Kasie?ka from Grandpa\u003c\/em\u003e is a document of a personal and family memory, authored by Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki (1890?1958) in 1944\/45. This memoir, which was written in Polish and translated to English for the family circulation alone, now becomes a public asset. Lilien invites his new-born granddaughter to encounter her family, generations of Polish Jewry: merchants, lease-holders, bankers, industrialists, politicians, communal leaders, army officers, scholars, physicians, artists, and art collectors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey dwell in a broad Jewish and Christian world, integrated into the national life of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg Empire, and the Second Polish Republic. The reader is encouraged to enjoy reminiscences of this worthy life and bitter choices that challenged Polish—particularly Galician—Jewry in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Memoirs can help understand the past, they can show how people have perceived their own past and they can lead readers to reconsider the past. This fascinating book does all three. The author wrote it for his granddaughter and now she is sharing this intimate document with the broader public. The story of her family, a rich and privileged one, challenges many popular assumptions about the Jewish experience in Poland and raises many questions—but gives no superficial answers. This is precisely what we expect from a good memoir—and this is a very good one.” —\u003cb\u003eShaul Stampfer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Artur Lilien-Brozdowiecki’s family memoirs have a particular, intimate, charming quality, involving the reader in his family chronicle lovingly written for his little granddaughter. He proudly presents his lineage—from the era of emancipation, through a staunch Polish assimilation, to World War II—seven generations of Liliens and the closely related great Jewish families of Brody and Lemberg\/ Lwów\/ Lviv, remarkable Jewish men and women. A Jewish success story is rising from modest origins to financial standing, responsible positions in Jewish community as well as in general public bodies. Many of the lively described relatives are portrayed in beautiful illustrations published for the first time.” —\u003cb\u003eDr. Victoria Lunzer-Talos, Head of the Art History Library, Vienna University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki and His Reminiscences\u003cp\u003e by Sergey R. Kravtsov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To Kasieńka from Grandpa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e by Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e English translation by Marya Lilien-Czarnecka and Joanna Grun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix: Thoughts of a Polish Jew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e by Artur Lilien-Brzozdowiecki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e English translation by Joanna Grun and Sergey R. Kravtsov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359750652247,"sku":"9781618114976","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618114976.jpg?v=1754125601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thoughts-of-a-polish-jew-to-kasienka-from-grandpa-9781618114976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}