Where Memory Leads

Forty years after his acclaimed, poignant first memoir, Friedl¢nder returns with Where Memory Leads, bridging the gap between the ordeals of his childhood and his present-day towering reputation in the field of Holocaust studies. Friedl¢nder's initial loyalty to Israel turns into a lifelong fascination with Jewish life and history. This memoir led Friedl¢nder to reflect on the events that led him to devote 16 years of his life to writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The...
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Forty years after his acclaimed, poignant first memoir, Friedl¢nder returns with Where Memory Leads, bridging the gap between the ordeals of his childhood and his present-day towering reputation in the field of Holocaust studies. Friedl¢nder's initial loyalty to Israel turns into a lifelong fascination with Jewish life and history. This memoir led Friedl¢nder to reflect on the events that led him to devote 16 years of his life to writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 (W&N, 2008).