Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and

Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace

In this â€œextraordinary family memoir,â€* the National Book Awardâ€“winning author of The Future Is History reveals the story of her two grandmothers, who defied Fascism and Communism during a time when tyranny reigned.
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*The New York Times Book Review

In the 1930s, as waves of war and persecution were crashing over Europe, two young Jewish women began separate journeys of survival. Ester Goldberg was a rebel from Bialystok, Poland, where virtually the entire Jewish community would be sent to Hitlerâ€™s concentration camps. Ruzya Solodovnik was a Russian-born intellectual who would become a high-level censor under Stalinâ€™s regime. At warâ€™s end, both women found themselves in Moscow. Over the years each woman had to find her way in a country that aimed to make every citizen a cog in the wheel of murder and repression. One became a hero in her childrenâ€™s and grandchildrenâ€™s eyes; the other became a collaborator. With grace, candor, and meticulous research, Masha Gessen, one of the most trenchant observers of Russia and its history today, peels back the layers of time to reveal her grandmothersâ€™ livesâ€”and to show that neither story is quite what it seems.

Praise for Masha Gessen
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â€œOne of the most important activists and journalists Russia has known in a generation.â€â€”David Remnick, The New Yorker
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â€œMasha Gessen is humbly erudite, deftly unconventional, and courageously honest.â€â€”Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385336055
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2005-10-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385336055

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385336055
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2005-10-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385336055

Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace

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