Forgotten few (English and Russian Edition) [Paperback]

Cora T Schwartz (Author), Voices From My Retreat (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

Forty-five Holocaust survivors in a small town in Ukraine would have been forgotten but for an American woman, Cora T. Schwartz. Cora first visited Mogelov with her companion, Rudy, who spent four years in a Nazi labor camp in the region. Although he is gone, Cora carries on their commitment to "never forget" these elderly citizens. The Forgotten Few is a small book with a big message conveyed in both text and photographs. Despite suffering and destitution, the seniors' faces light up when Cora arrives - laden with medicines and donations. Beauty is within them. Describing Frida Shvarzbahn, for example, the author writes, "Here is a woman...who has survived all the horrors of the camps, the ghetto and the war… and yet ...manages to create beautiful poetry. She sits in her little room, rations out 5 grams of sugar a day for her tea and writes about love."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A Moving Story. How could it not be?" --Elie Wiesel

About the Author

Cora Schwartz is a photo journalist and behavioral psychologist who lives and writes in South Fallsburg, New York. Her essays and short stories have been published in journals and periodicals. Her book, The Forgotten Few, was written and photographed to fulfill a promise she made to her husband, Rudy, to bring humanitarian aid to the remaining survivors in Mogelov. The Forgotten Few has been described as a small book with a huge impact. With only a few pages of text, the book presents photographs of holocaust survivors. They are images that will haunt the reader forever. The Forgotten Few is currently used in classrooms around the world and has been commended as a moving story by Elie Wiesel. Ms. Schwartz also owns and operates a retreat in upstate New York for writers. It was founded in the spirit of a Ukrainian writer, Olga Kobylianska, who is considered one of the first feminists in Eastern Europe. Ms. Schwartz discovered the work of Olga Kobylianska on a trip with Rudy to his hometown, Chernivitsy. Ms. Schwartz has also just published Gypsy Tears, Loving a Holocaust Survivor (see other listing) She is currently working on the sequel which expands on Olga Kobylianska's philosophy, revolutionary at the time, that "we are all God's children, whites and gypsies alike." In an effort to authenticate this sequel, Ms. Schwartz is planning an extended stay in a cottage in a suburb of Chernivitsy where some of the best Roma musicians reside in peace with their neighbors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 87 pages
• Publisher: Voices From My Retreat; 1st edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English, Russian
• ISBN-10: 0967064031
• ISBN-13: 978-0967064031
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,726,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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