Helen Epstein Books

A memoir of events in Czechoslovakia surrounding the infamous Slansky Trial, in which the author's young husband was among 11 executed Jews, victims of Stalinism, who were "rehabilitated" years after they were hanged.

The narrative explores the life of Kurt Epstein, a notable Czechoslovak swimmer and water polo player, highlighting the broader context of Jewish athletes in Central Europe. It details his early years by the Elbe River, his competitive swimming and rowing achievements, and his representation at the 1928 and 1936 Olympics. The book also delves into his experiences during the Nazi regime, including his time in concentration camps, and his eventual emigration to New York City, where he continued to engage with sports and community.

"I set out to find a group of people who, like me, were possessed by a history they had never lived." The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Helen Epstein traveled from America to Europe to Israel, searching for one vital thin in common: their parent's persecution by the Nazis. She found: • Gabriela Korda, who was raised by her parents as a German Protestant in South America; • Albert Singerman, who fought in the jungles of Vietnam to prove that he, too, could survive a grueling ordeal; • Deborah Schwartz, a Southern beauty queen who—at the Miss America pageant, played the same Chopin piece that was played over Polish radio during Hitler's invasion. Epstein interviewed hundreds of men and women coping with an extraordinary legacy. In each, she found shades of herself.

What makes some societies more vulnerable to AIDS than others? Why is the HIV epidemic so severe in Africa and why have governments and NGOs largely failed to halt its progress? Epstein goes to the heart of why epidemics spread and what we should be doing to stop them.

After the death of her mother, author and journalist Helen Epstein set out to uncover her mother's past and to learn more about her grandmother and great- grandmother, victims of the Holocaust. The result is this compelling biography, both a chronicle of three generations of women and a social history of Czechoslovakia's Jews.

Is the West to blame for the agony of Uganda and its neighbors? In this powerful account of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's 30 year reign, Helen Epstein chronicles how Western leaders' single-minded focus on the War on Terror and their naïve dealings with strongmen are at the root of much of the turmoil in eastern and central Africa. Museveni's involvement in the conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, and Somalia has earned him substantial amounts of military and development assistance, as well as near-total impunity. It has also short-circuited the power the people of this region might otherwise have over their destiny. Epstein set out for Uganda more than 20 years ago to work as a public health consultant on an AIDS project. Since then, the roughly $20 billion worth of foreign aid poured into the country by donors has done little to improve the well-being of the Ugandan people, whose rates of illiteracy, mortality, and poverty surpass those of many neighboring countries. Money meant to pay for health care, education, and other public services has instead been used by Museveni to shore up his power through patronage, brutality, and terror. Another Fine Mess is a devastating indictment of the West's Africa policy and an authoritative history of the crises that have ravaged Uganda and its neighbors since the end of the Cold War. "A stunning new book of reportage and analysis." --Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg

Einen Blick hinter die Kulissen zu tun – das wünschen sich nicht nur Theater- und Opernfreunde, sondern ebenso sehr auch die Musikliebhaber und Konzertgänger; denn wer von ihnen hätte sich nicht schon gefragt, was wohl in einem Künstler vorgeht, wenn er Noten zum Erklingen bringt, Musik interpretiert. Was bewirkt, daß der musikalische Funke überspringt? Diese im Original erstmals 1987 erschienene Sammlung lebendiger, aufschlußreicher Porträts und Interviews gibt einen unbezahlbaren Einblick in die klassische Musikszene mit ihren größten Interpreten, berühmtesten Veranstaltungen und hervorragendsten Ausbildungsstätten.

Memoáry americké novinářky a spisovatelky Helen Epstein odhalují intimní tajemství v kontextu dramatické českožidovské minulosti rodičů a amerických poměrů. Hledání tajemství, které autorka tuší, že se odehrálo v jejím dětství a ovlivnilo ji na celý život. Autobiografie „O čem se nemluví“ je třetím dílem Helen Epstein o mezigeneračním přenosu traumatu, autorka tak navazuje na „Děti Holocaustu“ o životě druhé generace a na „Nalezenou minulost“ o moravských kořenech své matky.