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Eli's Story : a Twentieth-Century Jewish Life by Meri-Jane Rochelson; Eli Rochelson; Burton L Rochelson; ProQuest (Firm) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Eli’s Story: A Twentieth-Century Jewish Life is first and foremost a biography. Its subject is Eli G. Rochelson, MD (1907–1984), author Meri-Jane Rochelson’s father. At its core is Eli’s story in his own words, taken from an interview he did with his son, Burt Rochelson, in the mid-1970s. The book tells the story of a man whose life and memory spanned two world wars, several migrations, an educational odyssey, the massive disruption of the Holocaust, and finally, a frustrating yet ultimately successful effort to restore his professional credentials and identity, as well as reestablish family life. Eli’s Story contains a mostly chronological narration that embeds the story in the context of further research. It begins with Eli’s earliest memories of childhood in Kovno and ends with his death, his legacy, and the author’s own unanswered questions that are as much a part of Eli’s story as his own words. The narrative is illuminated and expanded through Eli’s personal archive of papers, letters, and photographs, as well as research in institutional archives, libraries, and personal interviews. Rochelson covers Eli’s family’s relocation to southern Russia; his education, military servic

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Author

Meri-Jane Rochelson; Eli Rochelson; Burton L Rochelson; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

Wayne State University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814340219

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities