The Farm: An Inconvenient History Erased from the Holocaust Chronicles
9 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Judy Rakovsky
Author
Judy Rakovsky
Narrator
Elnara Salimova
Narrator
Elnara Salimova
Description
Descendants of Holocaust survivors investigate what happened to their relatives—and run into facts still classified by the Polish government…
Investigation journalist Judy Rakowski and her elderly cousin Sam, a Holocaust survivor, have carried unanswered questions with them all their lives: what happened to their relatives in those bleak wartime years? All they remembered was that their relatives hid from the Nazis on a farm belonging to neighboring Polish families—and then no one ever heard from them again. Returning to Poland in search of answers, Judy and Sam hit a wall of silence. Even after 70 years, wartime secrets are still closely guarded by the Polish government.
Step by step, Judy and Sam begin dismantling the impregnable wall behind which lies a grim legacy—Polish complicity in the extermination of Jews…
“The Farm” is a story of two amateur detectives and their desperate search for the truth. They knock on doors, request court documents, secure secret meetings—and in the end find out what actually happened to their family.
“A detective story stretched across several continents, ‘The Farm,’ draws readers and researchers’ attention to the horrifying acts committed by ordinary citizens during the Holocaust. A couple of descendant investigators knock on different doors and ultimately discover what really happened to the Jews next door in the garden.”
— Jewish Book Council
“‘The Farm’ reads like the best of mysteries about real murders. But in this case, the solution—who did it—is chilling, and it also helps explain why today’s Polish government is so determined to keep its bloody Holocaust-era secrets.”
— Larry Tai, New York Times bestselling author
“Rakowski’s prose is on par with that of any novelist… A compelling blend of the personal and the historical.”
— Booklist
Investigation journalist Judy Rakowski and her elderly cousin Sam, a Holocaust survivor, have carried unanswered questions with them all their lives: what happened to their relatives in those bleak wartime years? All they remembered was that their relatives hid from the Nazis on a farm belonging to neighboring Polish families—and then no one ever heard from them again. Returning to Poland in search of answers, Judy and Sam hit a wall of silence. Even after 70 years, wartime secrets are still closely guarded by the Polish government.
Step by step, Judy and Sam begin dismantling the impregnable wall behind which lies a grim legacy—Polish complicity in the extermination of Jews…
“The Farm” is a story of two amateur detectives and their desperate search for the truth. They knock on doors, request court documents, secure secret meetings—and in the end find out what actually happened to their family.
“A detective story stretched across several continents, ‘The Farm,’ draws readers and researchers’ attention to the horrifying acts committed by ordinary citizens during the Holocaust. A couple of descendant investigators knock on different doors and ultimately discover what really happened to the Jews next door in the garden.”
— Jewish Book Council
“‘The Farm’ reads like the best of mysteries about real murders. But in this case, the solution—who did it—is chilling, and it also helps explain why today’s Polish government is so determined to keep its bloody Holocaust-era secrets.”
— Larry Tai, New York Times bestselling author
“Rakowski’s prose is on par with that of any novelist… A compelling blend of the personal and the historical.”
— Booklist
