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Chaim Grade’s ‘Sons and Daughters’ Is a Magisterial Story of Generational Battle

Chaim Grade’s ‘Sons and Daughters’ Is a Magisterial Story of Generational Battle

The Yiddish poet Chaim Grade survived World Conflict II by fleeing his metropolis, Vilna, now Vilnius, and wandering by way of the Soviet Union and its Central Asian republics. His spouse and mom stayed behind and have been murdered, in all probability within the Ponary forest outdoors Vilna, together with 75,000 others, principally Jews. After […]