Shadows of Treblinka
Introduction by Alan Adelson
Surviving wartime Poland and the notorious death camp
Cloth – $42
978-0-252-02339-2
Publication Date
Cloth: 09/01/1998
About the Book
Unique and compelling, this husband-and-wife memoir of the Holocaust takes readers inside wartime Poland and reveals the bravery, faith, and luck that allowed a small number of Polish Jews to survive.Miriam was the daughter of a prosperous furrier, Saul was the son of a poor shoemaker. Miriam was sixteen when she and her brother roamed the wild countryside of Poland, searching for food and shelter—and for their parents. Saul was only a few years older when he watched the smoke rising from the crematoria and knew that his parents, sister, and eight brothers were gone forever. Miriam endured by hiding. Saul lived by escaping from the camp. Throughout, the authors show that Polish Christians played an essential role in their survival.
Tragic yet upbeat, cinematic yet intimate, Shadows of Treblinka is a haunting and inspirational story of survival.
Reviews
"Starkly re-creates the complexity and horror of Jews in wartime Poland."—Booklist
"I found these stories of war survival both unique, ringing true, and unquestionably a fine source from which to learn the meaning of the Holocaust in its broadest sense. A true lament turned into a song of survival. This is a legacy well worth preserving for the world of tomorrow."
—Blanca Rosenberg, author of To Tell at Last: Survival under False Identity, 1941–1945
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