{"product_id":"on-sunny-days-we-sang-a-holocaust-story-of-survival-and-resilience-9789493276185","title":"On Sunny Days We Sang: A Holocaust Story of Survival and Resilience","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Germans march into their little Polish shtetl at the start of World War II, the Jews of Wlodawa see their lives abruptly torn apart. For Hil and Alexandra it marks the beginning of a struggle to survive during which they will experience ghettos, roundups, hiding places, and false identities, a struggle where the line between life and death will depend on small decisions made along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the story of the destruction of Polish Jewry as a backdrop, Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman tells us the remarkable tale of her parents' journey, which will take them from the dark years in a Europe at war to safety and a new life in Venezuela.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amsterdam Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789493276185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrunhaus de Gelman, Jeannette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman is a Venezuelan teacher, researcher, and writer. She was born in Szczecin, Poland in 1946, the daughter of Polish survivors who came from Wlodawa. That same year, her family emigrated to Venezuela, settling in Maracaibo. Gelman received her undergraduate degree in French from Wellesley College. She went on to receive an MA in Spanish Literature from New York University (Madrid) in 1970 and in 1976 was awarded her MA in the Teaching of French from the Université de Paris III. She was a professor of French Language and Literature at the Universidad del Zulia in Maracaibo from 1971 to 1996. In 2013 she moved to Miami, Florida. From 2013 to 2018 she was a Research Scholar at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, focusing on Holocaust studies. On Sunny Days We Sang was first published in Spanish in 2018 under the title, En los días claros cantábamos. It is the author's first full-length work, telling the story of her parents' survival in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48685088800925,"sku":"9789493276185","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a10acbb0-4e20-45b1-8772-6179f7d8b0a0.jpg?v=1784714516","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/on-sunny-days-we-sang-a-holocaust-story-of-survival-and-resilience-9789493276185","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}