Driving to Treblinka: a long search for a lost father
"As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early '60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father's journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often...
Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser: | |
---|---|
Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | English |
Veröffentlicht: |
Victoria, British Columbia
Heritage House Publishing
2019
|
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Register // Gemischte Register |
Zusammenfassung: | "As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early '60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father's journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often leaving young Diana with more questions than answers. /// What she was told was that during the War, Benjamin Wichtel and several members of his family were herded onto a train headed for the Treblinka extermination camp. Along the way, Benjamin seized the opportunity to jump off the train, leaving behind his mother and five of his brothers and sisters, along with their spouses and children. Against all odds, Benjamin managed to evade the Nazis for the remainder of the War, eventually making his way to Canada and new life in Vancouver with a wife and three children of his own. But the past haunted him, and the pain of what he had gone through increasingly began to infiltrate his home life. When Diana was thirteen, her mother took the three children back to her native New Zealand, with the plan that Benjamin would at some point follow them. However, the family never saw him again. /// After decades of unanswered questions, Diana (now a journalist), set out on a journey of her own to uncover what happened to her father after they left him behind in Canada. The search became an obsession as she painstakingly uncovered information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scoured archives across the world for clues to her father's disappearance, and visited the places he lived. This unforgettable memoir is a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?"-- |
Beschreibung: | 278 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, genealogische Tafel |
ISBN: | 9781772032994 |
Internformat
MARC
LEADER | 00000nam a22000008c 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | BV046331953 | ||
003 | DE-604 | ||
005 | 20200228 | ||
007 | t| | ||
008 | 200114s2019 xx acf| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781772032994 |c paperback |9 978-1-77203-299-4 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)1141140786 | ||
035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV046331953 | ||
040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
041 | 0 | |a eng | |
049 | |a DE-12 | ||
082 | 0 | |a 940.53/18092 |2 23 | |
084 | |a HIST |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
084 | |a OST |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
100 | 1 | |a Wichtel, Diana |d 1950- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)1204487669 |4 aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Driving to Treblinka |b a long search for a lost father |c Diana Wichtel |
264 | 1 | |a Victoria, British Columbia |b Heritage House Publishing |c 2019 | |
300 | |a 278 Seiten |b Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, genealogische Tafel | ||
336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
520 | 3 | |a "As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early '60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father's journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often leaving young Diana with more questions than answers. /// What she was told was that during the War, Benjamin Wichtel and several members of his family were herded onto a train headed for the Treblinka extermination camp. Along the way, Benjamin seized the opportunity to jump off the train, leaving behind his mother and five of his brothers and sisters, along with their spouses and children. Against all odds, Benjamin managed to evade the Nazis for the remainder of the War, eventually making his way to Canada and new life in Vancouver with a wife and three children of his own. But the past haunted him, and the pain of what he had gone through increasingly began to infiltrate his home life. When Diana was thirteen, her mother took the three children back to her native New Zealand, with the plan that Benjamin would at some point follow them. However, the family never saw him again. /// After decades of unanswered questions, Diana (now a journalist), set out on a journey of her own to uncover what happened to her father after they left him behind in Canada. The search became an obsession as she painstakingly uncovered information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scoured archives across the world for clues to her father's disappearance, and visited the places he lived. This unforgettable memoir is a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?"-- | |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Nachkomme |0 (DE-588)4137578-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Judenvernichtung |0 (DE-588)4073091-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Familie |0 (DE-588)4016397-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Überlebender |0 (DE-588)4136796-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
651 | 7 | |a Kanada |0 (DE-588)4029456-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
651 | 7 | |a Neuseeland |0 (DE-588)4041915-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
651 | 7 | |a Polen |0 (DE-588)4046496-9 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
653 | 1 | |a Wichtel, Diana / 1950- | |
653 | 1 | |a Wichtel, Diana / 1950- / Family | |
653 | 0 | |a Holocaust survivors / Biography | |
653 | 0 | |a Jewish refugees / Biography | |
653 | 0 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | |
653 | 0 | |a Fathers and daughters | |
653 | 2 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | |
653 | 0 | |a Families | |
653 | 0 | |a Fathers and daughters | |
653 | 0 | |a Holocaust survivors | |
653 | 0 | |a Jewish refugees | |
653 | 4 | |a 1939-1945 | |
653 | 6 | |a Biographies | |
655 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |a Biografie |2 gnd-content | |
689 | 0 | 0 | |a Polen |0 (DE-588)4046496-9 |D g |
689 | 0 | 1 | |a Kanada |0 (DE-588)4029456-0 |D g |
689 | 0 | 2 | |a Neuseeland |0 (DE-588)4041915-0 |D g |
689 | 0 | 3 | |a Judenvernichtung |0 (DE-588)4073091-8 |D s |
689 | 0 | 4 | |a Überlebender |0 (DE-588)4136796-0 |D s |
689 | 0 | 5 | |a Nachkomme |0 (DE-588)4137578-6 |D s |
689 | 0 | 6 | |a Familie |0 (DE-588)4016397-0 |D s |
689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Register // Gemischte Register |
940 | 1 | |n oe | |
940 | 1 | |q BSB_NED_20200228 | |
942 | 1 | 1 | |c 929 |e 22/bsb |f 09045 |g 71 |
942 | 1 | 1 | |c 909.04924 |e 22/bsb |f 09044 |g 438 |
942 | 1 | 1 | |c 929 |e 22/bsb |f 0905 |g 9 |
942 | 1 | 1 | |c 929 |e 22/bsb |f 09046 |g 71 |
942 | 1 | 1 | |c 929 |e 22/bsb |f 0904 |g 9 |
943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-031708783 |
Datensatz im Suchindex
_version_ | 1822589170622660608 |
---|---|
adam_text |
Contents Author’s Note i Prologue 3 PARTI 1 Daddy Mad Face, Daddy Angel Face 9 2 Making It Up 29 3 In the Basement 41 4 The Bar Mitzvah 45 5 Its Snowing in Vancouver 53 PART II 6 On the Beach 67 7 The Girlfrom Ipanema 83 8 9 A Call in the Night A Brief History of Shouting at the Newspaper 10 Visitors from New York n “Er iz a krank mentsch” 91 103 113 119 PART III 12 Driving to Treblinka 13 Stolpersteine and Stelae 14 Uncle Paul 141 161 167 15 On the Rocks 16 The Psych 177 193
17 Comparing Notes 207 18 19 Rooted in This Soil Żelechów 221 239 PART IV 20 A Mitzvah Acknowledgements 25Յ Illustration Credits 268 270 Index 272
INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Alpers, Ben, in, 113 Alpers, Philip, 95-99 And 1 Still See Their Faces (mural), 158 Anielewicz, Mordecai, 227 anti-Semitism in Canada, 24 in France, 109-10 of Hungarians, 263 of Lithuanians, 151 in New Zealand, 105-6,108-9, iio-n in Poland, 25,75,109,142-43,146-47, 165, 174,213,223,226,242,244,245,248 prevalence today, 105-6,108-11,144,244 in Russia, 112 in the UK, no of Ukrainians, 107,151,156,263 in the US, 47 See also Holocaust Arendt, Hannah, 107 Assistant, The (Malamud), 112 Atlantic magazine, 109 Auckland Second Generation Group, 104 Auschwitz (van Pelt and Dwork), 149 Auschwitz-Birkenau, 20,147-50,163 Auschwitz-Treblinka, 141—42 Austerlitz (Sebald), 256-57 Awakenings (Sacks), 189 Bad Arolsen, 165,224 В artleet, Ros, ¿59 Barton, Chris, 100—ιοί, ιο8, ւշւ, ΐ43~44 τΑ7» 149» ϊ62—63, 179» Γ94 Ι97» 2°2» շօ5» 222 245 253» 259 202 Belzee, 155 Berlin, 161-65 Besser, Chana, 246 Besser, Mosze, 246 Birkenau, 20,147-50,163 Biss Thew Wine and Spirits, 73,75,83 Blinkhorn, Mrs., 41 Boder, David, 182 Bracken, Thomas, 38—39 Braunias, Steve, 105 Bretholz, Leo, 241 Brett, Lily, 150 Brockville, 193-95,2°3~5 Brockville Psychiatric Hospital, 179—86, 187-92,203-5,257 Bronisława, Barbara “Bronka” (later Jonisz), 168-71 Bronstein, Mr., 182 Brunton, Alan, 97 Brzeziński, Matthew, 266-67 Cambridge, 143-44,196 Canterbury University, no-11 Catholic press, 165 CENTOS (National Society for the Care of Orphans), 169 Centropa, 247 Charlie Hebdo massacre, 109-10 Checkpoint Charlie, 196 Chłodna Street, 224,227,235 Church, James, jy Church, Pamela
(born Scantlebury),35 Corbyn, Jeremy, no Crawford, Miss, 53,113,182-83, i84 i85, i87 Czerniaków, Adam, 130 Barton, Monika, 103,105-6, in-12,121,133, 234» 255» 259~6° 262 BBC History Magazine, 106 Beaglehole, Ann, 109 Beckett, Samuel, 97 Dawkins, Richard, in Demnig, Gunter, 161 De Nave, Caterina, 97 Didion,Joan, 118
Index Dilworth School, 83-84,86 Domański Restaurant, 172 Dominion Posty ա Downey, Stewart (Stew), 73,77,81,83-86,93, 98,113,116,209,254 Drozd, Anna Przybyszewska, 223-24,225,226 Dukey, 54,55,57,60,68 Duszniak, Krystyna, 223,224,240 Dwork, Debórah, 149 Goldberg, Zosia, 131 Gomułka, Władysław, 264 Good, Edwin Dudley, 109 Gordon, Mary, 205 Great Gatsby, The, 75 Greenberg, Alan, 201 Greenberg, Dr., 15 Greenberg, Dr,, 53,93 Greenberg, Harry and Rose, 15,22, 114-15,118 Gripsholm (ship), 118 Groning, Oskar, 108 Gross, Jan T, 146-47 Grosz, Stephen, 191 Gurs internment camp, 163-64 Eichmann, Adolf, 21,107,181 Einsatzgruppen, 129,157,170 Eisenman, Peter, 162 Eisenstein, Bernice, 21 Ellis, Blair, 255, 259,259,260 Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, 268 Embrun, 179,186,195-96,202-3 Encyclopaedia ofJewish Communities, Poland, 225 English Textiles, n, 31,38,48,114,118,197,219 Erdos, Helen, 104 Evans, Richard, no-11 Examined Life, The (Gross), 191 Exodus (Uris), 19-20 .Fear (Gross), 146-47 Filler, Deb, 163 Filler, Saul, 163 Fitzgerald, E Scott, 75 Fixer, The (Malamud), 112 Fleet, Sean, 234,259,260 Footbridge ofMemory (memorial), 235 Frankowska, Grażyna, 242-44 Fransecky, Tanja von, 241 Fugitives ofthe Forest (Levine), 249 Gabbai, Dario, 133 Gabrielle Auto Company, 179-80 Gardner family, 198-99 Garwolin County, 224 Gastman, Bernard, 127 Gastman, Dina (later Jonisz), 127 Gastman, Dora (later Jonisz), 127 Gebert, Konstanty, 145 Hartwell, Anne, 27,56,61-62,67,69,73,76, 79,81 Hayward, Joel, no-11 Hebrew Benevolent Society, 181 Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 129,216-17 Herszenborn,
Dora (born Jonisz), 20,136, 264—65 Herszenborn, Felipe, 264 Herszenborn, Israel, 20,264-65 Herszenborn, Nir, 264 HICEM, 129 Himmler, Heinrich, 157 History ofLove (Krauss), 10 Hocke, Björn, 162 Hoffman, Eva, 256,257 Hoffmann, Roald, 107ЧЗ Holocaust archives of, 165-66 black humour about, 163-64 Catholic press and, 165 continuing effects of, 19-21,23,53,88,104, hi—12,120,137,159,191,210-12,256 denial of, 106,109, no—ii, 146 indifference to, 103-6,170 memorials to, 107,108, no, 133,150—51, Г58—59,161-62,227-28,234,240,241, 246-47,248,253,265 moral dilemmas during, 129-30,143,149, 241,264 27З
DRIVING TO TREBLINKA number of victims, 128,142,144,155, 240, 243 pogroms during, 109,129,131,146,240 . rescuers during, 18,107,146,172,216, 228-30,244 survivors, 106-8,109,126,132-38,144,146, 156,174,182,191,210-12,224-26,228-30, 241,266-67 tourism, 144-46,147,165 See also anti-Semitism; Warsaw ghetto Holocaust, The (Rees), 133 Holocaust Memorial Museum, 131,133,155, Jonisz, Bernard “Beri,” 128,143 Jonisz, Brandla, 20,125,127,128,131,233 Jonisz, Chaim Jakob “Yankei“, 125,127, 128,167 Jonisz, Dina (born Gastman), 127 Jonisz, Dora (later Gastman), 127 Jonisz, Dora (later Herszenborn), 20,136—37, 264—65 Jonisz, Faiga (later Pel), 128,129-31,151 Jonisz, Herszel, 127 Jonisz, Lillian, 49,52,7J5,137,217 Jonisz, Maria (born Bedrowicz), 127 Jonisz, Pawel “Paul” postwar life, 49,52,174-76, 216-19 pre-war life, 167-68 in wartime Warsaw, 169—74,223,225 Jonisz, Rozalia “Rachele” (later Wichtel), 9, 19,48,53,80,94,127,192, 225-26,235-56, 240 Jonisz, Sabina (later Lubell), 121,122,123-26, 128,129 Jonisz, Salomon, 127 Jonisz, Szymon, 128 Jonisz family tree, viii Jost, Udo, 166 Judenrat, 129-30,170,235 167,233-34.240 Holyoake, Keith, 68 Home Army (Polish), 142 Hungarians, 263 IG Farben, in Iglicki, Wacław, 247 International Tracing Service, 165,224 Inwentarz, Josef “Dudek,” 228-30 Irving, David, no Isaacs Army (Brzeziński), 266—67 I Was a Child ofHolocaust Survivors (Eisenstein), 21 Izett, Andrew Pattle, 39-40 Izett, James, 39 Izett, Sarah, 39 Kaddish, 253 kapos (Jewish police), 171 Kazimierz, 144-47 Kennedy, John E, 26 Kielce, 109,146 Knowles, Deborah, 104-5 Kolbe, Father, 148 Korczak,
Janusz, 234,235 Kraków, 144-46,147,226 Kraków Post, 146 Krauss, Nicole, 10 Jedwabne, 129,146 Jewish Cemetery (Warsaw), 231-34 Jewish Escapesfrom Deportation Trains, 146 Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, 201,216-17 Jews number of victims, 128,142,144,155, 240,243 as partisans, 119,132,155,224-25,227,240, 247,249, 264,266 as police, 171 as refhgees, 109 See also anti-Semitism; Holocaust Joest, Heinrich, 234 Jonisz, Barbara, 225 Jonisz, Barbara “Bronka” (born Bronisława), 168—71 Lahdelma, Ilmari, 227 Lanzmann, Claude, 141,155 Lapalme Nursing Home, 179,186-87, г95֊9б, 202-3 Lasting Memory Foundation, 246-47, 248,249 274
Index Latvians, 156 Lawrence, D. H., 42 L-DOPA, 189-90 Lec, Tomasz, 235 Leszczyński, Dr., 171 Levi, Primo, 92,129—30,148,150 Levine, Allan, 249 Lewin, Abraham, 130-31,152 Lichtenstein, Israel, 223 Lisowski, Witold “Witek,” 228-31 Listener.į lhe, 104,105,119 Lithuanians, 151 Łódź, 130,174 Lost: A Searchfor Six ofSix Million, 4 Lubell, Albert, 122,125,126,129 Lubell, Barbara, 125, ijy, 137-38,262 Lubell, Estelle (later Singer), 121-22,125,218 Lubell, Joseph “Joe” about, 121,122,125,134, /jj, 262-64,265 relates family history, 52,123-29,131-38 Lubell, Sabina (born Jonisz), 121,122,123—26, 128,129 Lubell, Solomon, 122 Ludwisin Ghetto, 228 Macdonald, Finlay, 105 Mahlamäki, Rainer, 227 Majdanek, ւյշ, 224 Makara Cemetery, no Małkinia, 241 Malamud, Bernard, 112 Malczewski, Krzysztof, 228-33,235 24° 242-46,248-50 Maori Lore (Izett), 39 Maus (Spiegelman), 81,163,176 Mein Kampf{Hider), 168 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, 162 Mendelsohn, Daniel, 4,121,266 Mila Street (Warsaw), 131 Mickey Mouse in Gurs, 163-64 Milbrot, Rywka, 246 Milton, Keith, 198 Mitchell family, 200 Mixed Blessings (Knowles, ed.), 104-5 Modernize Tailors, 197 Moll, Otto, 133 Mordechaja Anielewicza Street, 227 Murray, Annie, jj Murray, Patricia. See Scantlebury, Patricia “Museum of an Extinct Race,” 150 Museum of the Polish Army, 230 Nash, Walter, 109 National Press Club (New Zealand), no Nazis archives of, 165-66,224 rise of, 168 trials of, 2i, 107,108,181 New York, 120-21 New Zealand anti-Semitism in, 105-6,108-9 conservatism of, 96 New Zealand Herald, 58,108-9,110 New Zealand Listener, 104,105,119,191
Nizinsky, Zbigniew, 248-49 Notesfrom the Warsaw Ghetto (Ringleblum), 169,223 Oakland Cemetery, 194, 203 Okopowa Street (Warsaw), 233 Okrzei, 244-48 Old Synagogue of Kazimierz, 147 Olshak, Samuel, 225,240 Oneg Shabbat Archives, 222-23 On the Beach (Shute), 76 partisans Jewish, 119, ւյշ, 155,224-25,227,240, 247,249,264,266 Polish, 142,155,225,240 Soviet, 225 Pawia Street (Warsaw), 129,131 Pel, Faiga (born Jonisz), 128,129-31,151 Pianhty The (Polanski), 151 Pierre Hotel, 48-51 Pinkas Hakehillot Polin, 225 Plagier, Sara, 130 pogroms, 25,109,129,131,146, 240 275
DRIVING TO TREBLINKA Scantlebury, Patricia Poland early life, 29-31,38—40 anti-Semitism in, 129,142,146-47,165,174, home life in Auckland,34,35,67-87 213,223,225,226-27,242,244,245,24B home life in Vancouver, 9-27,31—37,51, Catholic press of, 165 government-in-exile, 143,154 53-61 in Japan, 85-86,91,92-93 Home Army of, 142 personality, i6,34-35 Jewish revival in, 146 Scantlebury, Rosemary “Rosie,”յՀ, 35-38, size ofJewish population, 142,228 zones of occupation, 154,226 7^-79 Scantlebury, Wendy (later Perrier), j4,35, See also Holocaust; Warsaw ghetto Polanski, Roman, 151 37.78 Scantlebury, William Rymell “Scan,” 39,40, police (kapos), 171 POLIN Museum of the History of Polish 68,69,72—73» 78 Schindlers List (film), 164 Jews, 227-28 Schneebaum family, 161 Pollack, Susan, 108 Poynting, Scott, in Sebald, W.G., 256-57 Praga, 127,161,225-26,228-29,235-37 Seinfeld, Jerry, 164 Prawda Młodych (Young Peoples Truth), 165 Sekstein, Gele, 223 *Protocols ofthe Elders ofZion, ” 106 Sereny, Gitta, 158 Próżna Street (Warsaw), 158,159 Shadow Man, The (Gordon), 205 Shoah (film), 205 Punch Me in the Stomach (Filler), 163 Shute, Nevil, 76 Siedlce, 247 Rajzman, Samuel, 156 Rapoport, Nathan, 150-51 Siedlice ghetto, jyj Rees, Laurence, 106-7, *33 Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 245 refhgees, 109,197,212,216 Singer, Babette, 121 Singer, Estelle (born Lubell), 121—22,125, 218 See also Holocaust, survivors Remnants: The LastJews ofPoland, 146 Singer, Hy, 122 Righteous Among the Nations, 228 Skotnicki, Aleksander, 146 Skyflite Luggage, 210 Ringelblum, Emanuel, 164,169,170,222-24, 227 Sobibór, 155 “Rocking-Horse
Winner, The” (Lawrence), SodaStream, ա Spiegelman, Anja, 81 42-43 Rosen, Janice, 202 Spiegelman, Art, 81,163,176 Rosenthal, Horst, 163-64 Spiegelman, Vladek, 81 Rumkowski, Chaim, 130 Stangi, Franz, 156 Running Through Fire (Goldberg), 131 Stevenson, Jim, 4,178,216,241 St Francis Xavier Cemetery, 194—95» 203, 204, 253,259,261 Sacks, Oliver, 189 Safdie, Moshe, 107 Stolpersteine, 161 Strewe, Odo, 97 Scantlebury, Ethel “Ettie,”5^,35,39-40, Suchomel, Franz, 155—56,157 68—69,72 Scantlebury, June, 33-34,^, 39,72 Scantlebury, Pamela (later Church), 30,35, Sweden, 49,175,216-17,2I8» 2I9 Szpilman, Przemysław, 231—33 Szpilman, Wladislaw, 151,232,234,250 39, 72 8з 276
Index Tass, Mr., 15 Tencer, Golda, 159 Thomson, Sandy and Margo, 198-200 Time (magazine), 146 Times, Waikato, in Toogood, Selwyn, 30 Too Many Men (Brett), 150 ֊ Treblinka about, 141-42,151,155,157,166 German officers of, 155—56,158 trains to, 132,138, /53,156,225,241,2 47-48,265 uprising in¡ 246—47 victims and survivors, 108,132,138,164,170, 210,225,230,234,241,242,246—48,250, 264—65 Trickey, Dale, 194-95,196,203,253,257 Trickey,Tammie, 253—54,257 Ukrainians, 107,151,156,171,263 Uldis, 57,59-60 Umschlagplatz, 151-55, /64,234 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 240 University of Auckland, in UN War Crimes Commission, 143 Uris, Leon, 19 van Pelt, Róbertján, 149 Władysław, Mr., 172 Wairata (ship), 31 Waiser, Martin, 162 Waitingfor Godot (Beckett), 97 Wald, Lilia, 104 Wald, Rachel, 104 Wallenberg, Raoul, 216 Wardi, Dina, 112 Warsaw, 157-60,221-37 Warsaw ghetto begins, 128-29, Ђ1* τ 9 Ben Wichtel in, 58,131,223-24 Chłodna Street, 224,227,235 deportations to Treblinka, 130,151-53 destruction of, 150,151,170-71,230-31 Diana Wichtel visits, 157-60 Dora Jonisz (Herszenborn) in, 136-37 Faiga and Sabina Pel in, 129,130,151 kapos (Jewish police) in, 171 Miła Street, 131,224,227,234 Mordechaja Anielewicza Street, 227 Paul and Barbara Jonisz in, 169-71,223,225 Pawia Street, 129,131 Praga, 127,161,225-26 Próżna Street, 158,159 uprising in, 143,150,164,165,170,173-74, 230—31,234 Wilcza Street, 225 Wrzesińska Street, 235-37 Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City, 241 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (monument), 150—51 Warsaw University, 231 Weiss, Peter, 22 Westlake Girls (school), 69-71
Who Wili Write Our History? (Ringelblum), 170 Wichtel, Abraham Szlama “Sy“ Ben Wichtel and, 14,43,78,92,133,134,166, 168,183,184,185,186,210,211,219,256 business dealings, 14,52,60,134,210,214 death of, 116 early life, 213 family life, 33,46-52,57,210,214,218 Lillian Wichtel and, 116,123,124 Mollie Wichtel and, 33,46,92,116-17, personality, 116,119—20,211,212,213,256 Sabina Jonisz and, 123 Wichtel, Benjamin Hersz “Ben” archival records about, 166,223-24,227,240 becomes Canadian, 9,184,217-18,219 business dealings, 11,31,38,214 chronology of his life, 215-16 death and burial, 3,91-92,180,190-95, 203-5» 253-62 disappearance of, 3-5,75,77-81,83,85 early life, 24,25,197-200 escapes Treblinka train, 18-19,23 r32» 210,241 277
DRIVING TO TREBLINKA Wichtel, Fela, 18,21,48 Wichteljacob Joseph, 53,127,232,233 Wichtel, Jeffrey Jay, 16,49,56,57,69,76,78, 83-84,86,98,103, Ī04,127,207-10,259,262 Wichteljerry, 45-52,87,92,116,120-21,196, 212-15,259 WichtelЈШ, 46,72,87,120,121,255,259,260 WichtelJocelyn, 255,259,260 Wichtel, Lillian, 116,123,124 Wichtel, Linda, 45,47,49,5/, 87-88,92,113, 115-16,118,119-20,121,122,123,126-27, 210-11,213,215,219,253,255,259 Wichtel, Maureen, 104,127,255,259,262 Wichtel, Maurice, 18,20 Wichtel, Mollie, 14,33,45-52,61» 78,91-93, ИЗ, 115-21,123,126,7J5,259 Wichtel, Nicola, 127,179,187,196-97, 201, 203, illness of, 53,79,85,115,117-18,134,138, 177-92,211,257 letters from, 3—4,77-78,79,81,83,86-87,89, 183,187-88 liberated by Red Army, 219,225,245 marriage, 27,53-54,57,60,85,183,186 in Montreal, 4,9,78,201-2 musical interests, 13,33,258 in New York, 45-52,123-24, 13Ն *33 *34» г3б, i66, 219 Paul Jonisz and, 52, /75 personality, 9-10,14-15,16,18,19,22—24,25, 26,35-37» 43» 47» 54» 59» 207-8,256 religious outlook, 10,24,35,45,52, 61,114, 181,182,253 in Sweden, 216,217 Sy Wichtel and, 14,43,78,92,133,134,166, 168,183,184,185,186,210,211,219,256 in Vancouver, 9-27,31-33,34-38,218, 219 in Warsaw ghetto, 58,131,223-24,226,227 wartime service, 132-33,17° 181, 225,239, 246,249 in Żelechów, 225,239-50 Wichtel, Bronislaw, 231 Wichtel, Chaim Dov, 232, 233 Wichtel, Cheniek, 18,48 Wichtel, Diana in Auckland, 58,61-63,67—106 204.205.254.255.260 Wichtel, Patricia. See Scantlebury, Patricia Wichtel, Rosalind Lydia “Ros” (Bartleet), 11, 22,24» 32»55» 46,47.52» 55» 59» 69» 80,127,179,
199.255.258.259.260 Wichtel, Rozalia “Rachele” (born Jonisz), 9, iç, 48,53,8o, 94,127,192,225-26, - 235-յձ 240 Wichtel, Szymon, 18,48 Wichtel, Tola, 20,48 Wichtel family tree, viii Wilcza Street, 172,225 Wood, Fanny, 39 Wood, John Joseph, 38 World Holocaust Remembrance Centre (Yad Vashem), 107,241,265 Wróbel, Mr., 174 Wrzesińska Street, 235-37 childhood visit to New York, 45-52 dedicates new heastone for father, 253-64 early life in Vancouver, 9—27,33—38,41-43, 53-61 as journalist, 104,105,107-9 marries Chris Barton, 100—101 Philip Alpers and, 95-99 researches fathers disppearance, Г77—209, 216—20 Uldis and, 57,59-60 at university, 97-98,99,112 visits Israel, 107 visits Vancouver, 113-15,196-201 visits Warsaw, 157-60,221—37 visits Żelechów, 239-50 Yad Vashem (World Holocaust Remembrance Centre), 241,2Ճ5 Year ofMagical Thinking, The (Didion), 118 Załuski, Paul, 58 Żelechów, 225,239-50 ZTOS (Jewish Mutual Aid Society), 169 Zygielbojm, Szmul, 143 278 |
any_adam_object | 1 |
author | Wichtel, Diana 1950- |
author_GND | (DE-588)1204487669 |
author_facet | Wichtel, Diana 1950- |
author_role | aut |
author_sort | Wichtel, Diana 1950- |
author_variant | d w dw |
building | Verbundindex |
bvnumber | BV046331953 |
ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1141140786 (DE-599)BVBBV046331953 |
dewey-full | 940.53/18092 |
dewey-hundreds | 900 - History & geography |
dewey-ones | 940 - History of Europe |
dewey-raw | 940.53/18092 |
dewey-search | 940.53/18092 |
dewey-sort | 3940.53 518092 |
dewey-tens | 940 - History of Europe |
discipline | Geschichte |
format | Book |
fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a22000008c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV046331953</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20200228</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t|</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">200114s2019 xx acf| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781772032994</subfield><subfield code="c">paperback</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-77203-299-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1141140786</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV046331953</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">940.53/18092</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HIST</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">OST</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Wichtel, Diana</subfield><subfield code="d">1950-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1204487669</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Driving to Treblinka</subfield><subfield code="b">a long search for a lost father</subfield><subfield code="c">Diana Wichtel</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Victoria, British Columbia</subfield><subfield code="b">Heritage House Publishing</subfield><subfield code="c">2019</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">278 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, genealogische Tafel</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early '60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father's journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often leaving young Diana with more questions than answers. /// What she was told was that during the War, Benjamin Wichtel and several members of his family were herded onto a train headed for the Treblinka extermination camp. Along the way, Benjamin seized the opportunity to jump off the train, leaving behind his mother and five of his brothers and sisters, along with their spouses and children. Against all odds, Benjamin managed to evade the Nazis for the remainder of the War, eventually making his way to Canada and new life in Vancouver with a wife and three children of his own. But the past haunted him, and the pain of what he had gone through increasingly began to infiltrate his home life. When Diana was thirteen, her mother took the three children back to her native New Zealand, with the plan that Benjamin would at some point follow them. However, the family never saw him again. /// After decades of unanswered questions, Diana (now a journalist), set out on a journey of her own to uncover what happened to her father after they left him behind in Canada. The search became an obsession as she painstakingly uncovered information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scoured archives across the world for clues to her father's disappearance, and visited the places he lived. This unforgettable memoir is a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?"--</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Nachkomme</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4137578-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Judenvernichtung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073091-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Familie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4016397-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Überlebender</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4136796-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Kanada</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4029456-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Neuseeland</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4041915-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Polen</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4046496-9</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Wichtel, Diana / 1950-</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Wichtel, Diana / 1950- / Family</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Holocaust survivors / Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Jewish refugees / Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Fathers and daughters</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Families</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Fathers and daughters</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Holocaust survivors</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Jewish refugees</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">1939-1945</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Biographies</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Polen</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4046496-9</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Kanada</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4029456-0</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Neuseeland</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4041915-0</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Judenvernichtung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073091-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Überlebender</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4136796-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="5"><subfield code="a">Nachkomme</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4137578-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Familie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4016397-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Register // Gemischte Register</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="n">oe</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="q">BSB_NED_20200228</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">929</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">09045</subfield><subfield code="g">71</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">909.04924</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">09044</subfield><subfield code="g">438</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">929</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">0905</subfield><subfield code="g">9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">929</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">09046</subfield><subfield code="g">71</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">929</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">0904</subfield><subfield code="g">9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-031708783</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
genre | (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content |
genre_facet | Biografie |
geographic | Kanada (DE-588)4029456-0 gnd Neuseeland (DE-588)4041915-0 gnd Polen (DE-588)4046496-9 gnd |
geographic_facet | Kanada Neuseeland Polen |
id | DE-604.BV046331953 |
illustrated | Illustrated |
indexdate | 2025-01-29T13:14:41Z |
institution | BVB |
isbn | 9781772032994 |
language | English |
oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-031708783 |
oclc_num | 1141140786 |
open_access_boolean | |
owner | DE-12 |
owner_facet | DE-12 |
physical | 278 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, genealogische Tafel |
psigel | BSB_NED_20200228 |
publishDate | 2019 |
publishDateSearch | 2019 |
publishDateSort | 2019 |
publisher | Heritage House Publishing |
record_format | marc |
spelling | Wichtel, Diana 1950- Verfasser (DE-588)1204487669 aut Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father Diana Wichtel Victoria, British Columbia Heritage House Publishing 2019 278 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, genealogische Tafel txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early '60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father's journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often leaving young Diana with more questions than answers. /// What she was told was that during the War, Benjamin Wichtel and several members of his family were herded onto a train headed for the Treblinka extermination camp. Along the way, Benjamin seized the opportunity to jump off the train, leaving behind his mother and five of his brothers and sisters, along with their spouses and children. Against all odds, Benjamin managed to evade the Nazis for the remainder of the War, eventually making his way to Canada and new life in Vancouver with a wife and three children of his own. But the past haunted him, and the pain of what he had gone through increasingly began to infiltrate his home life. When Diana was thirteen, her mother took the three children back to her native New Zealand, with the plan that Benjamin would at some point follow them. However, the family never saw him again. /// After decades of unanswered questions, Diana (now a journalist), set out on a journey of her own to uncover what happened to her father after they left him behind in Canada. The search became an obsession as she painstakingly uncovered information about his large Warsaw family and their fate at the hands of the Nazis, scoured archives across the world for clues to her father's disappearance, and visited the places he lived. This unforgettable memoir is a deep reflection on the meaning of family, the trauma of loss, and the insistence of memory. It asks the question: Is it better to know, or more bearable not to?"-- Nachkomme (DE-588)4137578-6 gnd rswk-swf Judenvernichtung (DE-588)4073091-8 gnd rswk-swf Familie (DE-588)4016397-0 gnd rswk-swf Überlebender (DE-588)4136796-0 gnd rswk-swf Kanada (DE-588)4029456-0 gnd rswk-swf Neuseeland (DE-588)4041915-0 gnd rswk-swf Polen (DE-588)4046496-9 gnd rswk-swf Wichtel, Diana / 1950- Wichtel, Diana / 1950- / Family Holocaust survivors / Biography Jewish refugees / Biography Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fathers and daughters Families Holocaust survivors Jewish refugees 1939-1945 Biographies (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Polen (DE-588)4046496-9 g Kanada (DE-588)4029456-0 g Neuseeland (DE-588)4041915-0 g Judenvernichtung (DE-588)4073091-8 s Überlebender (DE-588)4136796-0 s Nachkomme (DE-588)4137578-6 s Familie (DE-588)4016397-0 s DE-604 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
spellingShingle | Wichtel, Diana 1950- Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father Nachkomme (DE-588)4137578-6 gnd Judenvernichtung (DE-588)4073091-8 gnd Familie (DE-588)4016397-0 gnd Überlebender (DE-588)4136796-0 gnd |
subject_GND | (DE-588)4137578-6 (DE-588)4073091-8 (DE-588)4016397-0 (DE-588)4136796-0 (DE-588)4029456-0 (DE-588)4041915-0 (DE-588)4046496-9 (DE-588)4006804-3 |
title | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father |
title_auth | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father |
title_exact_search | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father |
title_full | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father Diana Wichtel |
title_fullStr | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father Diana Wichtel |
title_full_unstemmed | Driving to Treblinka a long search for a lost father Diana Wichtel |
title_short | Driving to Treblinka |
title_sort | driving to treblinka a long search for a lost father |
title_sub | a long search for a lost father |
topic | Nachkomme (DE-588)4137578-6 gnd Judenvernichtung (DE-588)4073091-8 gnd Familie (DE-588)4016397-0 gnd Überlebender (DE-588)4136796-0 gnd |
topic_facet | Nachkomme Judenvernichtung Familie Überlebender Kanada Neuseeland Polen Biografie |
url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031708783&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
work_keys_str_mv | AT wichteldiana drivingtotreblinkaalongsearchforalostfather |