Dinkum Mishpochah by Eric Silbert

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Where to book edges and corners. Foxing to foredges, front and back endpages. Include family tree.

The Jewish community has played a vital yet largely unrecorded role in Australia's developing history.

With wry humour and remarkable attention to detail, this story tells us how two families, the Masel's and the Silbert's rose within two generations from the ghettos of Central Europe to positions of power and authority in a new land.

The friendships, feuds, and funerals surrounding Eric Silbert's (1922-2007) life in the intricate mesh of Western Australian society and politics make for exciting and absorbing reading. Dinkum Mishpocha, in the best traditions of Jewish literature, is hard-hitting, compulsive reading and will place on permanent record a fascinating period of history. (back cover)

An interesting interview can be found at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/ar...