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Grade, Chaim (khīəm gräd`ə), 1910–82, Lithuanian novelist and poet. Grade, who wrote in Yiddish, became one of the prominant members of an experimental writers' group during the 1930s. After World War II he settled in the United States. His poetry focuses on Jewish survival after the Holocaust Holocaust , name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Although anti-Semitism in Europe has a long history, persecution of German Jews began with Hitler's rise to power in 1933.
..... Click the link for more information. and the spiritual struggles of Jews. His novels, most notably The Agunah (1961, tr. 1974) and The Yeshiva (2 vol., 1967–68, tr. 1976–77), are sophisticated analyses of philosophical and ethical issues in prewar Jewish Lithuania. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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