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Title Information   Holdings       More by this author     Kurzem, Mark.     Subjects     Kurzem, Alex.     Jewish orphans -- Latvia -- Rīga -- Biography.     Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Latvia -- Rīga -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Latvia -- Participation, Juvenile.     Holocaust survivors -- Australia -- Biography.     Jews -- Latvia -- Identity.     Jews -- Australia -- Identity.     Fathers and sons -- Australia.     Rīga (Latvia) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kurzem, Mark.       by title:      The mascot : unravel...         Bib #:  1122492

The mascot : unraveling the mystery of my Jewish father's Nazi boyhood / by Kurzem, Mark. New York : Viking, 2007. Call Number: 940.5318 KUR Subjects Kurzem, Alex.   Jewish orphans -- Latvia -- Rīga -- Biography.   Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Latvia -- Rīga -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Latvia -- Participation, Juvenile.   Holocaust survivors -- Australia -- Biography.   Jews -- Latvia -- Identity.   Jews -- Australia -- Identity.   Fathers and sons -- Australia.   Rīga (Latvia) -- Biography. URL:  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006664.html Title Statement:  The mascot : unraveling the mystery of my Jewish father's Nazi boyhood / Mark Kurzem. Edition:  1st American ed. Description:  ix, 418 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  A survival story, a grim fairy-tale, and a psychological drama, this memoir asks provocative questions about identity, complicity, and forgiveness. When a Nazi death squad raided his Latvian village, Jewish five-year-old Alex escaped. After surviving the winter by foraging for food and stealing clothes off dead soldiers, he was discovered by a Latvian SS unit. Not knowing he was Jewish, they made him their mascot, dressing the little "corporal" in uniform and toting him from massacre to massacre. When the war ended he was sent to Australia with a family of Latvian refugees. Fearful of discovery--as either a Jew or a Nazi--Alex kept the secret of his childhood, even from his family. But he grew tormented and determined to uncover the story of his past. Shunned by a local Holocaust organization, he reached out to his son Mark for help in reclaiming his identity.--From publisher description. ISBN:  9780670018260 0670018260 LCCN:  2007006664   Hold Requests:  0 Copy/Holding Information Location Collection Call No. Status   Central Library Nonfiction, Adult - Non-Floating 940.5318 KUR Checked In Franklin Road Library Nonfiction, Adult 940.5318 KUR Checked In Nora Library Nonfiction, Adult 940.5318 KUR Checked In Nora Library Nonfiction, Adult 940.5318 KUR Checked out Wayne Library Nonfiction, Adult 940.5318 KUR Checked In

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