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Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs

A Historian’s Pilgrimage

Memoirs and Reflections

by (author) Frank Eyck

edited by Rosemarie Eyck

Publisher
Brush Education
Initial publish date
Jan 2009
Category
Personal Memoirs, Military, Educators
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550593839
    Publish Date
    Jan 2009
    List Price
    $27.95

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Description

In his autobiography, the late historian Frank Eyck recounts the story of his remarkable life, from his time in Nazi Germany as a Jewish schoolboy to his rise as an international authority on both British and German history. Having escaped to Great Britain with his family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the British military when hostilities began. After the war, he worked with the British in occupied Germany and finally achieved his British citizenship. He continued his education at the University of Liverpool and Oxford. Frank eventually immigrated to Canada and became one of the pillars of the University of Calgary, where he continued his academic work until a few weeks before his death. Throughout his life Frank was on a spiritual pilgrimage. He grew up in a liberal Jewish family, but as a soldier he converted to Christianity. Later he gradually moved towards Catholicism, while at the same time appreciating his Jewish roots and the rich spiritual heritage of Judaism.

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