Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Jill Culiner is the author of the new book Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain . Her other books include Finding Home in the Footsteps of the Jewish...
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Hungary's Rural Jews: Excerpt from Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain
‘ W hen the Russian Air Force had their base here in Kunmadaras, those were good times,’ said Tarzan, a hugely fat man with long, drooping moustaches, and the over-developed biceps that had gained him his nickname. ‘You could get anything by trading in...
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What people are saying about Those Absent: Part history, part detective story, part personal memoir, Those Absent brings to life a cast of characters fitting for a Dickensian novel, deals with the fallibility of memory, the nature of prejudice and persecution,...
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The life of a Jewish travelling merchant wasn’t easy. Required to possess special licences, they were easy prey for bandits and roving bands of soldiers. Roads, always rutted and treacherous, were studded with tollgates, some official, some arbitrary,...
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