Foti Silvia - Storm In The Land Of Rain A Mother's Dying Wish Becomes Her Daughter's Nightmare - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An award - winning journalist discovers that her grandfather the legendary and heroic Lithiuanian " General Storm" who survived a Nazi concentration camp only to later be executed by the Russians may also have been a Jew - killing antisemite. A fascinating story of bravery betrayal and the transformative power of seeking and finding the truth at whatever the cost. Hero or Nazi? Silvia Foti was raised on reverent stories about her hero grandfather a martyr for Lithuanian independence and an unblemished patriot. Jonas Noreika remembered as General Storm had resisted his country's German and Soviet occupiers in World War II surviving two years in a Nazi concentration camp only to be executed in 1947 by the KGB. His granddaughter growing up in Chicago was treated like royalty in her tightly knit Lithuanian community. But in 2000, when Silvia traveled to Lithuania for a ceremony honoring her grandfather she heard a very different story a rumor that her grandfather had been a Jew - killer. Storm in the Land of Rain is Silvia's account of her wrenching twenty - year quest for the truth from a beautiful house confiscated from its Jewish owners to familial confessions and the Holocaust tour guide who believed that her grandfather had murdered members of his family. A heartbreaking and dramatic story based on exhaustive documentary research and soul - baring interviews Storm in the Land of Rain is an unforgettable journey into World War II history intensely personal but filled with universal lessons about courage faith memory and justice. Previously published as The Nazi's Granddaughter.
Title: Storm In The Land Of Rain A Mother's Dying Wish Becomes Her Daughter's Nightmare
Author(s): Foti Silvia
Publisher: Regnery Publishing Inc
Barcode: 9781684513024
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 6/7/2022
Category: Jewish Studies