The Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger: Revised Edition

Contents

Contents foreword by israel unger ix part one: the only jews in poland Srulik Is Born in Tarnow 1 Wysiedlenia 4 My Father’s Courage 7 Dagnan’s Flour Mill 9 The Hideout 12 The Only Jews in Poland 16 Kissing a Soviet Soldier’s Boot 20 Matzos from America 22 part two: sans pays The Kielce Pogrom and a Gash on the Head 29 Becoming “Orphans” 31 Aix-les-Bains 34 Sans Pays in Paris 38 Charlie and Sydney in London 40 Back to Paris: Quartier Père Lachaise 49 Visions of Canada: Mounties, Snow, and Sheepskin 53 part three: canadian through and through An Airplane, a Stevedore, and His Plymouth: Arriving at Pier 21 57 Home à la Mordecai Richler 59 Ich hab dir gegebn lebn zwei mol—“I gave you life twice” 64 The Yeshiva and Bnei Akiva 68 Canadian Through and Through 72 The Octet Rule 74 Collecting Butcher Bills 76 Kafkaesque Encounters 79 My Brother Charlie 85 viii contents part four: the bubble counter Leaving Home: Montreal to Fredericton 89 The Bubble Counter 91 Photochemistry in Texas 94 Under the Chuppah in Minto, New Brunswick 96 The Young Professor—From Texas to Saint John 99 ALS—My Father’s Death 103 Charlie’s Troubles 106 A Mark for Canada 108 Sharon and Sheila 112 The Best Granny 119 part five: dean unger Dean Unger 123 Struggles with Charlie 127 My Mother and Her Backbone of Steel 133 Marlene 136 Making Up for Lost Time 143 Airplane Accident 147 Telling My Story 150 part six: “they know my name is srulik!” Return to Tarnow 155 A Modern Righteous Gentile: Meeting Adam Bartosz 161 Meeting Mr. Dagnan 163 Skorupa 170 Kalman Goldberg—Outside the Hideout 172 Rescue Children, Inc. 176 Ryglice and Dąbrowa 181 State Archives and Registry Office 183 My Birth House 186 Matzevahs for My Family 189 “They know my name is Srulik!” 193 “How did the Holocaust affect you?” 200 afterword by carolyn gammon Writing The Unwritten Diary 203 Acknowledgements 215 Bibliography I. Archives and Offices 219 II. Published Works 220 ...