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'''Gerald Jacobs''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] and the literary editor of the [[Jewish Chronicle]]. His book ''[[Sacred Games]]'', an account of a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]], Nicholas (Miklós) Hammer, who survived [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler's]] death camps, was published in [[1995]]. |
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'''Gerald Jacobs''' is a British [[author]] and the [[literary editor]] of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.<ref name="Galton_2017">{{cite news |last1=Galton |first1=Bridget |title=Gerald Jacobs: 'Publishers thought the Holocaust was too horrific, that people won't want to read that' |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/things-to-do/21363387.gerald-jacobs-publishers-thought-holocaust-horrific-people-wont-want-read-that |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=Ham and High |date=24 January 2017}}</ref> His book ''Sacred Games'', an account of a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]], Nicholas (Miklós) Hammer (1920-2003), a [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor, was published in 1995.<ref name="Galton_2017"/> Hammer was a Hungarian [[Jews|Jew]] conscripted into the Hungarian Jewish [[forced labour]] [[Battalion]] in 1944. The book recounts Hammer's subsequent time in a [[Nazi ghettos|Nazi ghetto]] for Jews, and his suffering in [[Auschwitz concentration camp#Auschwitz II-Birkenau|Birkenau]]. |
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''Nine Love Letters'' is Jacobs's first novel, published in 2016.<ref name="Galton_2017"/> It tells the story of two Jewish refugee families whose lives unexpectedly converge in post-war London.<ref name="Galton_2017"/> |
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Jacobs is the father of electronic musician Ben Jacobs, who performs as [[Max Tundra]], and Becky Jacobs, a member of the band [[Tunng]]. |
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==Bibliography== |
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*''[[Judi Dench]]: A Great Deal Of Laughter - the authorised biography'', Gerald Jacobs, [[Little, Brown and Company]], 1985, {{ISBN|978-0-70-883007-9}}<ref name="Galton_2017"/> |
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*''Sacred Games'', Gerald Jacobs, Penguin, 1995, ISBN |
*''Sacred Games'', Gerald Jacobs, [[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 1995, {{ISBN|978-0-14-024243-0}} |
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*''Judi Dench - the authorized biography'' |
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*''Nine Love Letters'', Gerald Jacobs, Quartet Books, 2016, {{ISBN|978-0-70-437422-5}} |
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*''Pomeranski'', Gerald Jacobs, 2020<ref name="Jacobs_2020">{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Gerald |title=Back when Brixton had Jews |url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/back-when-brixton-had-jews-1.499534 |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |date=6 May 2020}}</ref> |
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Gerald Jacobs is a British author and the literary editor of The Jewish Chronicle.[1] His book Sacred Games, an account of a Hungarian Jew, Nicholas (Miklós) Hammer (1920-2003), a Holocaust survivor, was published in 1995.[1] Hammer was a Hungarian Jew conscripted into the Hungarian Jewish forced labour Battalion in 1944. The book recounts Hammer's subsequent time in a Nazi ghetto for Jews, and his suffering in Birkenau.
Nine Love Letters is Jacobs's first novel, published in 2016.[1] It tells the story of two Jewish refugee families whose lives unexpectedly converge in post-war London.[1]
Jacobs is the father of electronic musician Ben Jacobs, who performs as Max Tundra, and Becky Jacobs, a member of the band Tunng.
Bibliography
[edit]- Judi Dench: A Great Deal Of Laughter - the authorised biography, Gerald Jacobs, Little, Brown and Company, 1985, ISBN 978-0-70-883007-9[1]
- Sacred Games, Gerald Jacobs, Penguin, 1995, ISBN 978-0-14-024243-0
- Nine Love Letters, Gerald Jacobs, Quartet Books, 2016, ISBN 978-0-70-437422-5
- Pomeranski, Gerald Jacobs, 2020[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Galton, Bridget (24 January 2017). "Gerald Jacobs: 'Publishers thought the Holocaust was too horrific, that people won't want to read that'". Ham and High. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Gerald (6 May 2020). "Back when Brixton had Jews". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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