02712nam 2200589 a 450 991045495290332120200520144314.01-282-56596-697866125659600-313-35779-X(CKB)1000000000821190(EBL)495270(OCoLC)656857640(SSID)ssj0000376281(PQKBManifestationID)11234247(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376281(PQKBWorkID)10333130(PQKB)11389237(MiAaPQ)EBC495270(Au-PeEL)EBL495270(CaPaEBR)ebr10271308(CaONFJC)MIL256596(EXLCZ)99100000000082119020080411d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFleeing the Nazis, surviving the Gulag, and arriving in the free world[electronic resource] my life and times /Victor ZarnowitzWestport, Conn. Praeger Publishers20081 online resource (196 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-313-35778-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-172) and index.Prologue: a vanished world -- And music was in the air -- The saddest thing -- 17 days -- The Gulag -- Love in Ili -- From the ashes -- The Association of Jewish Students -- Our American education -- My American century -- Peaks and valleys -- Epilogue: an octogenarian in a new millennium.Victor Zarnowitz is a world-famous economist. Victor Zarnowitz is also a man who grew up in the Polish town of Oswiecim, known in German as Auschwitz. Zarnowitz and his brother fled the area as the Nazis advanced in September 1939. Moving eastward, he landed right in the arms of the Soviets and was sent to a Siberian Gulag. How did this brilliant young man, who nearly died at the hands of the Soviets, end up a renowned University of Chicago economist? That's exactly what this inspiring, lyrical memoirÑtold in simple, captivating proseÑis all about.||The recipient of many prizes and honors, ZarEconomistsUnited StatesBiographyHolocaust survivorsUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.EconomistsHolocaust survivors330.092BZarnowitz Victor1919-2009.118949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454952903321Fleeing the Nazis, surviving the Gulag, and arriving in the free world2037870UNINA