Ben Edelbaum (M / Poland, 1928-1990), Holocaust survivor
Ben Edelbaum (M / Poland, 1928-1990), Holocaust survivor.
- KEYWORDS : <Lodz Ghetto> <Auschwitz>
- MEMOIRS : Growing up in the Holocaust (1980)
Biography
Book : Growing up in the Holocaust (1980)
- Growing up in the Holocaust (Kansas City, MO : Edelbaum, 1980). Adapted by Margaret Baldwin for juvenile audience: The Boys Who Saved the Children (New York: J. Messner, 1981).
"Ben Edelbaum describes the courage and strength which held his family together during the terror of the years in the Lódz ghetto until they were separated in Auschwitz."--Publisher description.
"In order to prevent a rumored "Aktion" aimed at eliminating the children from the Lodz Ghetto, a group of child laborers made a beautiful fur coat as a birthday present for the wife of a prominent Nazi officer. Each pelt in the coat had a label giving the name and age of the child who'd worked on it. The coat, in addition to being a bribe, was supposed to show that children in the Lodz Ghetto could be productive and useful to the German war effort. According to the story, it worked, kind of. The Aktion was postponed... for a little while."