TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamermesh,Mira
TI  - The river of angry dogs: a memoir 
SN  - 9781849642323
AV  - DS135.P63 H35484 2004
U1  - 940.53/092B 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, Sterling, Va.
PB  - Pluto Press
KW  - Hamermesh, Mira.
KW  - Jews
KW  - Poland
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jewish refugees
KW  - Motion picture producers and directors
KW  - Jewish motion picture producers and directors
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Juifs
KW  - Pologne
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Réfugiés juifs
KW  - Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma
KW  - Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma juifs
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Réfugiés
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military
KW  - World War II
KW  - Middle East
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Weibliche Überlebende
KW  - gnd
KW  - Judenverfolgung
KW  - Judenvernichtung
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Introduction; Fay Weldon --; Before the War --; Crossing Borders --; Reunions --; Tearing Through the Iron Curtain --; After the Pilgrimage; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Mira Hamermesh is an award-winning film maker, painter and writer. This moving memoir gives a vivid account of her remarkable life. As a young Jewish teenager she escaped the horrors of German-occupied Poland with only her natural creativity, a rebellious spirit and a talent for good fortune to rely on. Of the millions of words written about WWII, few come from women, and even fewer recount such adventure. Spared the experience of the ghetto and the concentration camp that claimed most of her family, Mira's story is a life-affirming account of a life lived to the full, and a meditation on survival and coincidence, that pays homage to other people's courage. Recounting her escape into Soviet-occupied Poland, Mira shows how her status as a refugee has continued to influence her throughout her life. The journey led her across Europe and eventually to Palestine in 1941; her account of that region, before the establishment of Israel, provides a fascinating insight into the historical setting for today's conflict. Having settled in London where she studied art and married, she eventually won a place at the celebrated Polish Film School in Lodz. At the height of the Cold War Mira Hamermesh commuted across the Iron Curtain - her experience of a divided Europe offers many insights into the political factors that affected people's everyday lives. Mira's theme of political conflict, so often explored in her films, is brought to life here in an intimate account that will live long in the memory
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