Lalechka by Amira Keidar
It's a warm and muggy Saturday night in August of 1942. The Nazis are liquidating the ghetto of Shedlitz, an industrial town east of Warsaw, Poland. Zippa, a twenty-seven-year-old Jewish woman, finds temporary shelter in a small attic, together with her baby daughter and a hundred frightened Jews. When the Nazi noose is tightened around her neck, Zippa asks her husband Jacob, a Jewish policeman in the ghetto, to save their little girl from certain death. The young father manages to smuggle his wife and daughter to the gentile part of town, where Zippa's childhood girlfriends Sophia and Irena reside. This is the real story of one Jewish family confronted by the terror of Nazi rule. The book follows Lalechka, the little girl born into the chaos of war and holocaust and forced to struggle with the reversals of fortune that led her each time into foreign and terrifying regions. But, beyond that, it is the story of the true friendship of three girls in early twentieth-century Poland, a friendship that won't cower before government dictates.
Keidar, Amira: - Prior to completing Lalechka in 2009, Amira Keidar worked for many years as a researcher. She has also served as an officer in the Israeli Army and was a flight attendant for six years. Amira currently lives with her two daughters in Israel, where she was born.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789655750966 |
| ISBN 10 | 9655750965 |
| Title | Lalechka |
| Author | Amira Keidar |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Valcal Software Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-10-22 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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