Faithful Friends
Holocaust Survivors' Stories of the Pets Who Gave Them Comfort, Suffered Alongside Them and Waited for Their Return
Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Science & Nature, Nature, Pets, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Susan Bulanda (Author) | ISBN: | 1230000216626 |
| Publisher: | CLADACH Publishing | Publication: | March 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Susan Bulanda (Author) |
| ISBN: | 1230000216626 |
| Publisher: | CLADACH Publishing |
| Publication: | March 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Never-before-told stories of the pets that were left behind during World War II in Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Romania, France, and Yugoslavia when Jewish families were torn from their homes and taken to ghettos and concentration camps. Most of these accounts are told by men and women who were children during the Holocaust. Their beloved pets provided comfort and courage, gave them a connection to happier times, and helped them to never give up hope.
Winner of the Dog Writers Association of America's MAXWELL AWARD for BEST HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND BOOK and the Cat Writers' Association, Inc. CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
REVIEWS & PRAISE:
"Susan Bulanda shares with us stories of love instead of hate, selflessness instead of selfishness. These stories speak to the spirit of hope in all humans (and animals)." ~Rabbi Loel M. Weiss
"This unique collection's deeply moving stories by Holocaust survivors reveal how the bond with their companion animals intensified and deepened during that dark, horrific night of carnage, betrayal, and terror, providing solace, warmth and love. These heart-braking and heart-warming stories add a hitherto unexplored dimension to our necessary knowledge of the Holocaust and cast new light on the indestructible, soul-sustaining nature of the human-animal bond." ~Aviva Cantor, C.H.A.I. (Concern for Helping Animals in Israel)
"A thoughtful look on friendship and pets through the worst of mankind's offerings." ~Midwest Book Review
"Each riveting chapter, headed by a brief explainer of Germany's occupation of a specific European country (seven total), segues into an emotional, detailed memoir of a writer's bond with his/her pet and the never-ending angst associated with leaving it behind to an uncertain fate.... Each narrative connects powerfully to the reader, detailing a glacial, soberly reflective journey that taxes the human-animal bond to the ultimate." ~Renny Green, SeattleKennelClub.org
Never-before-told stories of the pets that were left behind during World War II in Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Romania, France, and Yugoslavia when Jewish families were torn from their homes and taken to ghettos and concentration camps. Most of these accounts are told by men and women who were children during the Holocaust. Their beloved pets provided comfort and courage, gave them a connection to happier times, and helped them to never give up hope.
Winner of the Dog Writers Association of America's MAXWELL AWARD for BEST HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND BOOK and the Cat Writers' Association, Inc. CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
REVIEWS & PRAISE:
"Susan Bulanda shares with us stories of love instead of hate, selflessness instead of selfishness. These stories speak to the spirit of hope in all humans (and animals)." ~Rabbi Loel M. Weiss
"This unique collection's deeply moving stories by Holocaust survivors reveal how the bond with their companion animals intensified and deepened during that dark, horrific night of carnage, betrayal, and terror, providing solace, warmth and love. These heart-braking and heart-warming stories add a hitherto unexplored dimension to our necessary knowledge of the Holocaust and cast new light on the indestructible, soul-sustaining nature of the human-animal bond." ~Aviva Cantor, C.H.A.I. (Concern for Helping Animals in Israel)
"A thoughtful look on friendship and pets through the worst of mankind's offerings." ~Midwest Book Review
"Each riveting chapter, headed by a brief explainer of Germany's occupation of a specific European country (seven total), segues into an emotional, detailed memoir of a writer's bond with his/her pet and the never-ending angst associated with leaving it behind to an uncertain fate.... Each narrative connects powerfully to the reader, detailing a glacial, soberly reflective journey that taxes the human-animal bond to the ultimate." ~Renny Green, SeattleKennelClub.org
