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Hell On Earth Avigdor Hameiri

Hell On Earth By Avigdor Hameiri

Hell On Earth by Avigdor Hameiri


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A literary account of the author's experience in World War I. Hell on Earth is the second book written by Avigdor Hameiri (born Feuerstein, 1890-1970) about his experiences as a Russian prisoner of war during the second half of World War I. Available for the first time to an English-speaking audience, this reality-driven novel is comparable to All Quiet on the Western Front.

Hell On Earth Summary

Hell On Earth by Avigdor Hameiri

A literary account of the author's experience in World War I.

Hell on Earth is the second book written by Avigdor Hameiri (born Feuerstein, 1890-1970) about his experiences as a Russian prisoner of war during the second half of World War I. Translator Peter C. Appelbaum first became interested in Hameiri's story after learning that one quarter of the Austro-Hungarian army was captured and imprisoned, and that the horrific events that took place at this time throughout Russia and central Asia are rarely discussed in scholarly texts. Available for the first time to an English-speaking audience, this reality-driven novel is comparable to classics like All Quiet on the Western Front and The Gulag Archipelago.

The text is deeply tragic, while allowing some humor to shine through in the darkest hour. The reader is introduced to a procession of complex characters with whom Hamieri comes into contact during his imprisonment. The narrator watches his friends die one by one until he is released in 1917 with the help of Russian Zionist colleagues. He then immigrates to Israel in 1921. Hameiri's perspective on the things surrounding him-the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Russian people and countryside, the geography of Siberia, the nascent Zionist movement, the Russian Revolution and its immediate aftermath-offers a distinct personal view of a moment in time that is often overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust. In his preface, Appelbaum argues that World War I was the original sin of the twentieth century-without it, the unthinkable acts of World War II would not have come to fruition. Hell on Earth is a fascinating, albeit gruesome, account of life in prison camps at the end of the First World War. Fans of historical fiction and war memoirs will appreciate the historic value in this piece of literature.

About Avigdor Hameiri

Peter C. Appelbaum is professor emeritus of pathology at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. After more than four decades in infectious disease research, he is spending his retirement years writing and translating books on modern-day Jewish military history. He is the author of Loyalty Betrayed and Loyal Sons and, together with James Scott, has translated a bilingual anthology of war essays and poems by Kurt Tucholsky. Broken Carousel, his bilingual anthology of German-Jewish soldier poems is forthcoming.

Avner Holtzman is a professor of Hebrew literature in Tel-Aviv University and a member of the Israel National Academy of Sciences. He specializes in Hebrew literature written between the nineteenth century and the present day. His research encompasses a wide variety of issues, but most of it is dedicated to prominent figures of the modern Hebrew literary canon. He published comprehensive editions of the writings of H. N. Bialik and M. Y. Berdichesky, as well as critical biographies of these two writers. His publications in English include editing the Hebrew literature section of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. His latest book is Hayim Nahman Bialik: Poet of Hebrew.

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NLS9780814343616
9780814343616
0814343619
Hell On Earth by Avigdor Hameiri
New
Paperback
Wayne State University Press
2017-06-30
472
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