Aftermath - Libeskind Berkovits, Annette
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"I spent the first three years of my life unaware of the disaster that had befallen my family." Annette Libeskind Berkovits writes: "I was shaped by the aftermath of the Holocaust...I adapted...grew a protective shield for self-preservation, then put on a smile and moved forward to meet the world on my own terms." She was born in exile among the red poppy-strewn foothills of the Himalayan Mountains and raised in Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Annette and her parents returned via cattle train to Poland only to discover that the Nazis had murdered almost their entire extended family and reduced their homes…mehr

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"I spent the first three years of my life unaware of the disaster that had befallen my family." Annette Libeskind Berkovits writes: "I was shaped by the aftermath of the Holocaust...I adapted...grew a protective shield for self-preservation, then put on a smile and moved forward to meet the world on my own terms." She was born in exile among the red poppy-strewn foothills of the Himalayan Mountains and raised in Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Annette and her parents returned via cattle train to Poland only to discover that the Nazis had murdered almost their entire extended family and reduced their homes to rubble. After her parents obtained exit visas from the Soviet authorities, she became a teenage immigrant to two different countries in the space of two years. Israel, a country barely ten years old - rough, sweet, vibrant, with its brilliant sky and azure sea - was like stepping into Technicolor after Poland's dreary grays. Annette fell in love with it. But just two years later Annette's life was upended again when the family was driven to emigrate to America. Leaving the blue of Israel behind Annette was greeted by the green patina of the Statue of Liberty as the ship reached New York harbor. Her father and an Auschwitz survivor aunt welcomed the family with excitement, but many obstacles lay ahead. The American immigrant experience is realized here from a perspective of a young girl. New languages, customs, and cultures, learned at lightning speed while mastering the normal angst of adolescence, make this a vivid and immersive memoir, rich with the detail of everyday life. Annette graduated from one of the most selective public high schools in America and later became an internationally respected wildlife conservation educator and a writer of memoir, poetry, and historical fiction. Her brother, Daniel Libeskind, the internationally renowned architect, is very much a part of her story.
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Author, poet, educator, and scientist, Annette Libeskind Berkovits was born in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet Republic, near China's western border. She is the daughter of Polish Jews who survived World War II in Soviet gulags. Daniel Libeskind, the noted international architect and master planner for rebuilding Ground Zero in New York, is Annette's brother. Annette received her primary education in Lódz, Poland and in Tel Aviv, Israel. On her arrival in New York as a teenager Annette entered the highly selective Bronx High School of Science not speaking a word of English, the only student to ever be admitted without taking the required entrance exam. She earned a BS in Biology from City College of the City University in New York in its heyday and, later, a master's degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from Manhattan College. In her three-decade career with the Wildlife Conservation Society, based at New York's Bronx Zoo, Annette became one of the Society's first female Senior Vice Presidents. During her tenure, she led the institution's nationwide and worldwide science education programs and spearheaded partnerships among school systems and conservation organizations. Berkovits negotiated the first ever agreement to bring environmental education to China's schools, long before China became an industrial power. Later her programs spread to Papua New Guinea, Bhutan, Cuba, India and elsewhere.For several years, she served as the Chair of the International Association of Zoo Educators. Even before being elected to lead the international association, she convened the First Pan American Congress for Conservation Education in Venezuela attended by representatives from dozens of nations. Recognized for her leadership in the field of science education by the National Science Foundation, Berkovits authored and edited numerous science education publications for children and teachers. She continues to pursue her life-long love of writing full time.Her poetry has been published by the Review: a Literary Crossroads Persimmon Tree American Gothic: a New Chamber Opera; Blood & Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine; and in The Healing Muse. Her essay appeared in Curator: The Museum Journal. Her first memoir, In the Unlikeliest of Places; a story of her remarkable father's survival, was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press in September 2014 and reissued in paperback in 2016. A Polish translation, titled Życie Pelne Barw was published in Poland by Biblioteka Centrum Dialogu in 2020. Her second memoir, Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator, chronicling her career in entertaining stories, was published in April 2017. Berkovits also published a poetry collection, Erythra Thalassa: Brain Disrupted in 2020. Her coming-of-age memoir, Aftermath, will be published in 2022. Berkovits and her husband divide their time between Manhattan and Florida.