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Raking light from ashes / Relli Robinson ; translated from the Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan.
"Lala, a young Jewish girl, loses her entire family during the dark days of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto. Thanks to the kindness of a Polish family, Lala manages to survive the war, taking on an assumed identity. By a twist of good fortune and unbelievable coincidence, she is found after the war and eventually immigrates to Israel in 1950 to live with her Israeli relatives."--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9789655750478
- ISBN: 9655750477
- Physical Description: 318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : eBook Pro Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Language Note: | Translated from the Hebrew. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Holocaust survivors > Israel > Biography. Jewish children in the Holocaust > Poland > Warsaw > Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Personal narratives. |
| Genre: | Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Library-Steelville | 940.53 ROB (Text) | 33431000510402 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Summary
Raking Light from Ashes
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.
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