Endorsed by Yad Vashem; the World Holocaust Remembrance Center; as a unique document with literary value; Ilse Weber's letters and poems; 1933-1944; record with vivid immediacy the lives of her small family during a time of increasing danger; when Europe descended from peace to the chaos of war and genocide. Ilse wrote to her Swedish friend; Lilian; who lived in London; and from 1939; also to her older son whom the Webers sent to Lilian on a Kindertransport. In 1942; Ilse; her husband and younger son; were deported to the Thersienstadt ghetto. Working there in the children's infirmary; Ilse eased the daily suffering of her patients and fellow inmates with songs she wrote and set to music; accompanying herself on her contraband guitar. These more than 60 songs and poems that trace Ilse's last years; have been performed by various artists and ensembles from around the world; having become symbols of ghetto life under Nazi occupation.
#559377 in Books University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 2006-11-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.28 x 1.02 x 7.34l; 2.25 #File Name: 1931707863272 pages
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I think it is a good bookBy sunsetdonkeyI've bought this book because of all the revues. I had to admit that it is exactly what I was looking for and I have been looking for this info for quite a time. Easy to read for me.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great Introduction to Etruscan Art and MythologyBy D.C. in D.C.What a great book--it is very informative; inspiring; well-illustrated; and easy to read. At the same time; it leaves space for the mystery of the yet-to-be-known. I will be reading it again and using it as a handy reference book--it even comes with a computer disk of images; some of which are supplemental to the images printed in the book--the CD is helpfully-organized; allowing a computer search; e.g.; for the name of a particular personage that appears in Etruscan art.21 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Etruscan Myth; Sacred History; and LegendBy Geoffrey P. GrahamThis is a truly excellent study of Etruscan religion. I have read several other books on the subject and have always been rather disappointed by them. This is the first one which adopts a sensible methodology for recovering what we can and cannot surmise about Etruscan mythology given the preservation of art and the paucity of texts. I read each page with great interest and came out feeling that I had actually learned something about the subject; whereas previous books had seemed to get lost in a maze of Greek sources; and missed or even avoided material which seemed to contradict these Greek sources. This author; on the other hand; is interested precisely in what is different from the Greek versions of the iconography; and is able to deduce many salient features of Etruscan religion in doing so. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to gain a deeper knowledge of Etruscan culture.
