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Hebrew ed. (1977)

{en} Sara Zyskind. Stolen Years. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 1981.

• English ed. of העטרה שאבדה : בגיטו לודז׳ ובמחנות / ha-ʻAṭarah she-avdah: be-geṭo Lodz' uva-maḥanot <Hebrew> (Tel Aviv: Bet loḥame ha-getaʼot ṿe-hotsaʼat ha-Ḳibuts ha-meʼuḥad, 1977).

• See Sara Zyskind / Sara Rachela Plagier (F / Poland, 1927-1995), Holocaust survivor

Abstract

"Presents a personal account of the author's experiences as a young Jewish girl living in Poland at the beginning of its occupation by Nazi Germany in World War II."--Publisher description.

About the Author

Sara Rachela Plagier was born in Lodz on March 26, 1927 to a a well-known Jewish family of in­dus­tri­al­ists. At the age of 12, she and her family were forced to live in the Lodz ghetto. Her mother died in 1940. She and her father mutually supported each other during the following years, successfully evading arrest and de­porta­tion, until he died during the Passover of 1943. Upon the "liquidation" of the Ghetto in August 1944, at the age of 16, Zyskind was deported to Auschwitz, and from there to other labor camps. After liberation she met and married fellow Lodz survivor Eliezer Zyskind. The couple emigrated to Palestine, where they lived ever after.