Bibliograph

The fiftieth gate, a journey through memory, Mark Raphael Baker

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The fiftieth gate, a journey through memory, Mark Raphael Baker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339)

resource.biographical

autobiography

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fiftieth gate

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Mark Raphael Baker

Sub title

a journey through memory

Summary

The Fiftieth Gate is the story of a son who enters his parents' memories and, inside the darkness, finds light. Baker takes us to a place of horror, and then brings us back to reflect on these events and remember 'Never again'. Across the silence of fifty years, Baker and his family travel from Poland and Germany to Jerusalem and Melbourne, as the author struggles to uncover the mystery of his parents' survival: his father Yossl was imprisoned in concentration camps and his mother Genia was forced into hiding after the Jews of her village were murdered. In writing The Fiftieth Gate, Mark Baker describes a journey from despair and death towards hope and life

Target audience

adult

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