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Letters from the lost [electronic resource] : a memoir of discovery / Helen Waldstein Wilkes.

Waldstein Wilkes, Helen, 1936- (Author).

Summary:

On March 15, 1939, Helen Waldstein's father snatched his stamped exit visa from a distracted clerk to escape from Prague with his wife and child. As the Nazis closed in on a war-torn Czechoslovakia, only letters from their extended family could reach Canada through the barriers of conflict. The Waldstein family received these letters as they made their lives on a southern Ontario farm, where they learned to be Canadian and forget their Jewish roots. Helen Waldstein read these letters as an adult?this changed everything. As her past refused to keep silent, Helen followed the trail of the letters.

Record details

ISBN: 9781897425541 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1897425546 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 280 p. : ill., map, ports.)
Publisher: Edmonton [Alta.] : Athabasca University Press, c2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Family Tree -- Opening the Box -- Leaving Home -- Letters to Antwerp -- Starting Over -- Letters to Canada -- Searching In Europe: 1997-1998 -- My Aunts and Uncles -- My Grandparents -- War Breaks Out -- The Family Copes -- The Letters Stop -- Imagining -- After the War -- Finding Home -- Searching for Family Again -- Searching for Family One Last Time -- Epilogue.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.