A Man of Success in the Land of Success : : The Biography of Marcel Goldman, a Kracovian in Tel Aviv / / Łukasz Tomasz Sroka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Tomasz Sroka, Łukasz,
• MitwirkendeR: B. Skotnicki, Aleksander,; Rogalska-Chodecka, Katarzyna,; Skotnicki, Aleksander B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Jews of Poland
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (436 p.)

The book tells the story of Marcel Goldman, born in Krakow in 1926. He survived the Holocaust and started economic studies in Krakow, but completed them in Israel. It was in Israel that he became a respected banker. The subject of the analysis is the phenomenon of Israel’s social and economic development: its causes and circumstances. Following the main character, we take a close look at the birth of the private banking sector and the construction of modern economy in Israel. The book also deals with the life of Polish Jews in Israel, the way in which they acclimatized there, and built the prosperity of the state. The example of Marcel Goldman shows that Israel’s success is the sum of its citizens’ successes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Mythical Krakow—Childhood (1926–1939) -- 2. The Hell of Extermination—Youth, Part One (1939–1945) -- 3. The Aliyah Time—Youth, Part Two (1945–1954) -- 4. In the Land of Success—The Mature Age (1954–2019) -- Conclusion -- Afterword by Leopold “Poldek” Wasserman, or Yehuda Maimon -- Bibliography -- Index