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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
Type:
Book excerpt / memoir page (discovery document)
File Size:
2.47 MB
Summary
This document is a page (p. 24) from a memoir, likely by Ehud Barak given the biographical details (Kibbutz upbringing, army service, political career, father from Ponovezh). It details the author's reserved nature in politics versus the army, his parents' influence, and a specific childhood memory of listening to Tchaikovsky with his father, which triggers a reflection on his father's escape from WWI and the contrast with the Holocaust trains of WWII. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional investigation document production.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Author | Narrator/Politician/Former Soldier |
First-person narrator ('I'). Describes army service, political career, and childhood on a Kibbutz. (Contextually like...
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| Mother | Parent |
Described as energetic, activist, detail-oriented, lover of art/literature.
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| Father | Parent/Role Model |
Described as guide and protector. Escaped Ponovezh to Crimea during WWI as a 4-year-old.
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| Itzila | Father's companion |
Traveled with the father on the train ride into Crimean exile.
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| Meir | Father's companion |
Traveled with the father on the train ride into Crimean exile.
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| Violinist | Musician |
Man on the train during WWI who played Tchaikovsky.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Army |
Author served in the army where self-control was valued.
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| Kibbutz |
The community where the author grew up.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Key Quotes (3)
"But in politics, I think that it did for a considerable time inhibit my ability to connect with the public..."Source
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Quote #1
"Nor did they ever speak to me in any detail about the Holocaust. No one on the kibbutz did."Source
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Quote #2
"I can’t help thinking of the railway car in which my then four-year-old father and other Jews from Ponovezh escaped the Great War of 1914. And of other trains, in another war 25 years later, carrying Jews not to safety but to death camps."Source
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Quote #3
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