Odyseja Pana Cukra. Droga uchodźcy żydowskiego w reportażu Anny Kłys Tajemnica Pana Cukra. Polsko-żydowska wojna przed wojną

Abstract

Anna Kłys arrived in Israel in November 2013 with the intention of writing a book that would narrate the growing anti-Semitism in Poland during the 1930s and the “Polish-Jewish war before the war”. Her guide is an 80-year-old Zvi Cukier, born in Kałuszyn in 1933. Mr. Cukier longs for Poland, especially for Kałuszyn, where his history as a refugee began. His memories constitute the most vivid and emotionally charged part of the book. During World War II, he fled with his family to the Soviet Union, and later, they were deported to Kazakhstan. After years of being refugees, they settled in Poland and later moved to Israel. In his memories, he returns to idyllic recollections of childhood and youth, idealizing Kałuszyn as the best place on Earth. Although he thinks in Hebrew and is an Israeli, his family home remains in Kałuszyn. Nostalgia accompanies him at every moment of his journey, during escape, and in every new place where he resettled with his family.