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Books in A WW2 Jewish Girl's Holocaust Survival True Story series

  • Raking Light from Ashes

    Relli Robinson

    Paperback (Independently published, Sept. 4, 2019)
    A young girl holding a false identity. two families. and an incredible tale of survival…Relli, a Jewish girl in Poland, was denied a normal childhood.When Relli was just a baby, the Nazis occupied Poland and she, together with her parents, were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, a way station before death.Her parents correctly assessed the new situation and decided to act heroically in order to save their only child. They succeeded in smuggling her out of the Ghetto and entrusted her to a Gentile Polish couple who agreed to hide her for the duration of the war under a false identity.Overnight, Relli became Lala.Yet hope did not remain alive for long.Destruction and devastation engulfed Poland and soon little Lala was forced to escape and hide along with her new parents, merely to survive.This is the amazing story of Relli Robinson, who, thanks to kindhearted, courageous people and a tenacious capacity for survival, was able to get through the most difficult times in the history of humankind. An orphan girl, the sole survivor of her entire family.
  • Lalechka

    Amira Keidar

    Paperback (Independently published, Oct. 6, 2019)
    A little girl is smuggled out of a Ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survivalIt is 1941, the height of World War II, and in a Polish ghetto, a baby girl named Rachel is born. Her parents, Jacob and Zippa, are willing to do anything to keep her alive. They nickname her Lalechka.Just before Lalechka’s first birthday, the Nazis begin to murder everyone in the ghetto. Her mother discovers a hideaway in the attic where other Jews are hiding. The father, serving as Jewish policeman in the ghetto, understands that staying in the attic will mean a certain death for his wife and child.In a desperate but hope-filled move, Lalechka’s parents decide to save their daughter no matter what the price.Jacob smuggle them outside the boundaries of the ghetto where Zippa meets Polish friends, Irena and Sophia. She gives her beloved Lalechka to them and returns to the ghetto to be with her husband and parents – unaware of the fate that awaits her.Irena and Sophia take on the burden of caring for Lalechka during the war, pretending that she is part of their family despite the danger of being discovered and executed.Lalechka is based on the unique journal written by the young mother during the annihilation of the ghetto, as well as on interviews with key figures in the story, rare documents and authentic letters.
  • I Only Wanted to Live

    Arie Tamir, Batya Jerenberg

    Paperback (Independently published, Sept. 26, 2019)
    Three mass deportations. A death sentence. One remarkable story of survival.When Leosz was only six, his life changed completely.World War II broke out in 1939, sweeping the young boy into the whirlwind of the Holocaust.For six long torturous years, Leosz sees and goes through everything: myriads of overcrowded transports headed for concentration camps, life on the streets of occupied Poland as an abandoned child, hiding from cruel Nazis, forced labor under conditions of starvation and the constant threat of death.Only one thing kept him safe—his unwavering will to go on living.This is the incredible inspiring story of a little Jewish boy who managed to survive all possible levels of hell as he clung on to life.
  • The Strange Ways of Providence In My Life

    Krystyna Carmi, Regina Smoter Grzeszkiewicz, Katarzyna Stewart

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 1, 2015)
    A young girl’s survival story against all odds in the face of pure evilKrystyna's childhood was full of happy moments, it was filled with friends, both Polish and Ukrainian and a lovely family. But her happy childhood did not last long; World War II changed it forever.Krystyna’s family, together with the Jewish community of her small village, was forced to live in the Kołomyja ghetto, where people died of hunger and physical exhaustion.And yet the worst was about to come…Her parents and two older sisters were brutally murdered, and young Krystyna was left all by herself. Now, with no one to look after her, she had to survive on her own.She faced unimaginable hunger, thirst and fear. Yet, against all odds, she managed to survive.Providence has chosen for her to live.The book contains a unique collection of more than 100 photos, taken by Krystyna’s father, a professional photographer, who sent them to his family in Israel before the war.Krystyna’s powerful memoir will leave you breathless and heartbroken, but full of inspiration and hope.