Födelsedag: 1932
Kön: male
Nationalitet: Canada
Bostadsorter: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yrken: graphic designer
filmmaker
advertising executive
memoirist
Holocaust survivor
public speaker
Organisationer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Kort biografi: Jack Kuper was born Jankel Kuperblum to a Jewish family in rural Poland. When he was nine years old, he came home one day to find his entire family gone. It was during World War II, and the Germans had come to his village and taken away all the Jews. Alone in the world, he wandered through Nazi Occupied Poland for four years, changing his name and posing as a Catholic Polish child. He survived to the end of the war, and at age 15, escaped Poland and migrated to Canada. His memoir Child of the Holocaust, written during this time, was first published years later in 1966. It has been in print in various editions in English and a dozen other languages since then. He married his wife Terrye, with whom he had four children and lived in Toronto. He studied commercial art and worked as a graphic designer for the CBC, then in advertising, producing and directing award-winning television commercials. He also wrote and directed several short films. He also is the author of several other books, including After the Smoke Cleared (1994), which continued his life story. He has spoken in public often about his experiences during the Holocaust.

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Child of the Holocaust: A Jewish Child in Christian… av Jack Kuper

The title suggests a gritty dark story, but it is surprisingly upbeat without much violence. Poland was the epicenter of the Holocaust, perhaps the worst place to be in WWII, but the book has no scenes from the Holocaust. Indeed the war itself barely exists directly except for one scene where he is caught in the cross-fire of a firefight. The tension mostly hangs on Kuper hiding his true identity as he takes up odd jobs in various homes. Kuper's inner struggles with being an outcast and desire to be Christian are well done, contrasted later as he re-enters Jewish community and once again readjusts his identity.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Kuper himself (as an older man) and his sweet nature and kindness enhance the text. It gives a good sense of rural Polish peasant life. Life was simple yet terribly complex. The antisemitism he encounters is to be expected but at the same time many people risked their lives to help, Poland was a tapestry of loyalties, kindness and cruelty.… (mer)

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Stbalbach | 2 andra recensioner | Oct 1, 2019 |

Who Was Jerzy Kosinski? av Jack Kuper

Questo documentario esplora la vita di Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991), un romanziere polacco-americano, meglio conosciuto per i suoi romanzi The Painted Bird (1965) e Being There (1971), e incentrato sul suo amico di una volta Jack Kuper, regista di questo film. Kuper scrisse un libro di memorie intitolato Child of the Holocaust, una storia di un ragazzo in fuga durante l'Olocausto. Quando ha letto L'uccello dipinto di Kosinski, ha sospettato il plagio del suo libro. Kuper si recò in Polonia per scoprire se il famoso romanzo sull'Olocausto fosse davvero la vera storia di Kosinski. Ciò che Kuper ha appreso in seguito gli ha fornito un epilogo alla sua indagine.… (mer)

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MemorialSardoShoahDL | May 20, 2018 |

Sun in My Eyes av Jack Kuper

Realizzazione televisiva Americana realizzata per il ciclo "General Motors Presents" che narra la storia di un villaggio ebraico durante l'invasione nazista della Polonia, e della storia in particolare della famiglia di un bambino undicenne di nome Kruper. Quest'ultimo sarà il solo superstite della sua intera famiglia.

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MemorialSardoShoahDL | Sep 23, 2017 |

Child of the Holocaust av Jack Kuper

Jewish orphan of the Holocaust surviving alone and wandering at 8 y.o.

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Folkshul | 2 andra recensioner | Jan 15, 2011 |

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