A Jump for Life: A Survivor's Journal from Nazi-Occupied Poland
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826410979 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The extraordinary story of a woman's escape from almost certain death
persecution and heroism This wartime memoir was discovered by the author's daughter in 1979, following her mother's death. It relates the events of the Nazi persecution in Poland, the suffering and degradation of the Warsaw Ghetto and an extraordinary courage and will to survive. Realizing the fate in store for her, Ruth made plans for escape. In the winter of 19persecution and heroism Chapulina R This wartime memoir was discovered by the author's daughter in 1979, following her mother's death. It relates the events of the Nazi persecution in Poland, the suffering and degradation of the Warsaw Ghetto and an extraordinary courage and will to survive. Realizing the fate in store for her, Ruth made plans for escape. In the winter of 1943, she and two-year-old Eva were rounded up and crowded into a cattle-car for the fatal journey to Treblinka. A single chance for life remained to them: a perilous . 3, she and two-year-old Eva were rounded up and crowded into a cattle-car for the fatal journey to Treblinka. A single chance for life remained to them: a perilous . How a mother and her child survived Hitler's flames Gary Selikow The journal of Ruth Altbeker tells of of the circumstances and experiences during the Holocaust of a young Jewish lawyer and her small daughter.The writer of this journal writes with sharp wit and sensitivity and shows a phenomenal memory, and it was this together with her incredible courage, together with the help of Polish friends and acquaintances that allowed Ruth and her baby daughter Eva to survive.The journal was written soon after the Second World War, but was only published over 50 years later. A great look into the Holocaust! A Customer This would have to be one of the few diaries that tells the story of the horror of the Holocaust. Ruth lives through many tough situations, where her quick thinking saves her and her daughter Eva. It paints a clear picture of how people in Warsaw were treated, and how the Germans got rid of the Jews in the Ghetto and in Warsaw. It is rather sad, but it is true. If you read this story, you will learn first hand about the life that Jews lived in the Holocaust. I suggest reading it!
Cyprys was a successful lawyer before the war. . Her courage, cleverness, reflexes, and luck saved her many times from deportation to the camps. She chronicled her experiences in a 1946 journal found after her death decades later. The lucky possessor of a work permit, she hid her baby under furs she sewed, eluded several roundups, and had a plan when finally entrained to Treblinka. By an incredible act of kindness, she obtained an Aryan alias and worked as a servant, her baby concealed by the Underground. Her world crumbled as her husband's army unit vanished, her parents escaped, and the Nazis began to enforce humiliating restrictio