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Author:

Lipszyc, Rywka, 1929- author.

Title:

Rywka's diary : the writings of a Jewish girl from the Lodz Ghetto, found at Auschwitz in 1945 and published seventy years later / Rywka Lipszyc ; edited by Anita Friedman and originally published by Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco ; translated from the Polish by Malgorzata Markoff ; with annotations by Ewa Wiatr.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lipszyc, Rywka,--1929---Diaries.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Łódź--Łódź--Personal narratives.
Jewish ghettos--Łódź--Łódź--History.
Jews--Łódź--Łódź--Biography.
Jews--Persecutions--Łódź.--Łódź.
Łódź (Poland)--Ethnic relations.

Other Authors:

Friedman, Anita, editor.
Markoff, Małgorzata, translator.
Wiatr, Ewa, contributor.

Other Titles:

Diary of Rywka Lipszyc.

Notes:

"Originally published by Jewish Family and Children Services of San Francisco." Original title: The diary of Rywka Lipszyc. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221).

Contents:

Preface: The diary's journey from Auschwitz to America / Judy Janec -- Part I. Background -- A Polish girl comes of age in a Jewish ghetto / Alexandra Zapruder -- Lodz: a history of the city and the ghetto / Fred Rosenbaum -- Part II. The diary of Rywka Lipszyc -- Part III. Aftermath -- The family remembers: more than a name / Hadassa Halamish -- A meeting with the past / Esther Burstein -- Rywka's family -- What happened to Rywka Lipszyc? / Judy Janec -- Another mystery / Zinaida Berezovskaya.

ISBN:

0062389688
9780062389688

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)