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Weeds Don't Perish Hanna Braun

Weeds Don't Perish von Hanna Braun

Weeds Don't Perish Hanna Braun


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Zusammenfassung

Weeds Don't Perish is a memoir which combines the political with the personal aspects of the life of someone growing up in Palestine in the 30s and 40s, and living there and in the new state of Israel until 1958. It is a powerful and thought-provoking account of a life lived both in Germany and Palestine before settling in Great Britain.

Weeds Don't Perish Zusammenfassung

Weeds Don't Perish: Memoirs of a Defiant Old Woman Hanna Braun

This is the story of a life lived to the full. Hanna Braun was born in 1927 to a Jewish family living in Germany. The family immigrated to Palestine in 1937, shortly after Hitler came to power in Germany and the onset of Jewish persecution there. During this course of events she was separated from her beloved father, who was forced to flee the country and made for Switzerland to escape the Gestapo. Her grandmother later died in the Terezin ghetto. Once in Palestine, Hanna's uncle became a fierce Zionist, and would convert Hanna's mother to Zionism as well. Hanna - a teenager at the time - also turned to Zionism, although she was initially unaware of what exactly this meant. Over the years, Hanna made many Arab friends in Palestine, and gradually began to question her allegiances. She witnessed the formation of the state of Israel, and was there when the atrocities of Deir Yassin happened; an incident that made her hate Zionism forever. These events, and many others explored in Weeds Don't Perish, helped to shape Hanna's perception, and transformed her into an active human rights activist; unable to witness injustice without speaking out.The book is often controversial and Hanna, not being endowed with the gift of great diplomacy, makes many enemies as well as friends along the way. Throughout, Hanna manages to retain her zest for life and her sense of humour, and delights in describing her years teaching English and Dance to her students in Zimbabwe. Her curiosity and enthusiasm for meeting new people and experiencing new things is infectious, and the reader cannot help but be swept up in the story. Hanna also endures many setbacks and painful experiences in her personal life but, like the proverbial weed, she has never given up and refuses to be beaten. Instead, she continues to this day to fight passionately for causes close to her heart - human rights and equality for all.

Weeds Don't Perish Bewertungen

Hanna s journey to anti-Zionist activism is the story of a courageous individual defying the strictures of loyalty to tribe and choosing instead to uphold principles of common humanity, human rights and anti-racism. She continues to bear witness, now in the form of this stunning memoir. Encompassing major world events over eight decades, Hanna s journey from child immigrant to passionate campaigner makes this memoir s interweaving of personal and political events unique.

Über Hanna Braun

Hana Braun has been an active member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign since 1987 and continues to campaign for the cause. She has wrote numerous articles on the subject and given talks to college and university students, trade union branches and other institutions. Weeds don't Perish is her first book.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR003887430
9781859642641
1859642640
Weeds Don't Perish: Memoirs of a Defiant Old Woman Hanna Braun
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Garnet Publishing
20111031
288
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