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1 y separately published work icon Mr G : A Memoir Shmuel Gurewicz , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2015 9144958 2015 single work autobiography

'As principal of Beth Rivkah Ladies' College for more than forty years, Shmuel Gurewicz was the driving force behind the growth of the school and the development of excellence in the religious and secular education of its students. Held in esteem by students and teachers alike for his educational programs and personal integrity, he is affectionately known to all as 'Mr. G.'

'Himself a lifelong student of his mentor, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory, Mr. G records in his memoir the pivotal role the Rebbe played in shaping his personal and professional life through his advice and instruction by letter and during the numerous visits Mr G made to seek his counsel in person, both as a young man and later with his family.

'Mr G was born in Moscow during the Stalinist era, the only son of devout parents, whose religious life was made even more difficult after the German invasion in 1941, when the family was evacuated to a remote village. In 1945 the family ran away to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and after nine months, in 1946, travelled illegally to Lvov. They found refuge in Krakow, Bratislava, Vienna and Paris before immigrating to Australia in 1949. As a young yeshivah student on his first visit to the Rebbe, Mr G was directed to establish Chabad youth movements and to make education his focus; he began his teaching career at Yeshivah College.

'The Rebbe also advised him to visit Israel, where he met and married Chava, his wife of more than fifty years. They later made aliyah and Mr G took part in the Six-Day War. After receiving an offer to become principal of Beth Rivkah, he sought the Rebbe's advice and was directed to return to Melbourne, where he and Chava worked at Beth Rivkah, he as Principal and Chava as a Teacher. They are blessed children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon People and Places in War and Peace Halina Wagowska , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2009 Z1785452 2009 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon Tell It To the Squirrels Judy Kolt , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2009 Z1654132 2009 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Memories from a Foreign Country : Growing up in Poland 1936-1958 Danny Kahan , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2009 Z1639868 2009 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Growing Up With the Trees : A Shepparton Story Aaron Feiglin , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2008 Z1530176 2008 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Run Henry Run : Chemist, Legionaire, Scout Henry Barclay , Melbourne : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2008 Z1517571 2008 single work autobiography

'Born in Lvov, Poland, at the beginning of World War I, Henry Barclay’s youth was happily spent in the warmth of his Jewish family. When increasing anti-Semitism threatened their happy life, Henry was excited at being accepted to study in France, although sad at leaving his family behind. Storm clouds were gathering when his father visited him in Paris in 1937, but neither knew it would be the last time they would see each other. Henry’s beloved parents were later shot in the street in Cracow.

The war years saw Henry join the French Foreign Legion, train in Sidi bel Abbes, venture to Casablanca, and eventually leave the Legion to return to France. Fearing the arm of the Vichy Government’s anti-Semitism, he fled from Marseille across the border to Spain, was incarcerated for a time and finally shipped to Britain.

In London, despite the blitz, he was finally able to live and work as a free man. The promise of a better life brought him and his new bride to Melbourne, where he continues to live as one of the true quiet achievers.' (Publisher's description)

1 2 y separately published work icon Alien Roots : A German Jewish Girlhood : From Belonging to Exile Anne Jacobs , Anna Blay (editor), Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2006 Z1382293 2006 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon A Ballad by Johannes Brahms : A Journey to Understand a Childhood in Vienna Shattered by Nazism Susanne Wright , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2006 Z1294674 2006 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Pola's Story Marilyn Schimmel , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2005 Z1229200 2005 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Chinese Exile : My Years in Shanghai and Nanking Horst Peter Eisfelder , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2004 Z1197808 2004 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Saviours : The Story of a Jewish Altar Boy Henri Korn , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2004 Z1129528 2004 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon No Locked Doors : Jewish Life in Shepparton Shirley Randles , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2004 Z1129496 2004 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon Full Circle : The Story of a Chained Woman Doreen Beckwith , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2004 Z1125205 2004 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Memories of Ordinary People : for Those Who Have No One to Remember Them Kitia Altman , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1221079 2003 single work biography
1 1 y separately published work icon A Will to Live : A Story about Hope and Strength of the Human Spirit George Ginzburg , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1102634 2003 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Keeping the Promise : Memoirs of a War Bride from Israel Mena Kozminsky-Meyerowitz , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1095181 2003 single work autobiography
2 1 y separately published work icon My Stamp on Life Max Stern , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1093391 2003 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Hero and Patriarch : Nachum Zalman Gurewicz: A Life Ian Grinblat , Shmuel Gurewicz , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1093385 2003 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Choose Life Arnold Erlanger , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1093380 2003 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Hania's War Hania Ajzner , Caulfield South : Makor Jewish Community Library , 2003 Z1086988 2003 single work autobiography
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