Into the Forest
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Rebecca Frankel
A 2021 National Jewish Book Award FinalistOne of Smithsonian Magazine's Best History Books of 2021"An uplifting tale, suffused with a karmic righteousness that is, at times, exhilarating." —Wall Street Journal "A gripping narrative that reads like a page turning thriller novel." —NPRIn the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids—until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war they trekked across the Alps into Italy where they settled as refugees before eventually immigrating to the United States.During the first ghetto massacre, Miriam Rabinowitz rescued a young boy named Philip by pretending he was her son. Nearly a decade later, a chance encounter at a wedding in Brooklyn would lead Philip to find the woman who saved him. And to discover her daughter Ruth was the love of his life.From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, one family’s inspiring true story.
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Author
Rebecca Frankel
Pages
304
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2021-09-07
ISBN
125026765X 9781250267658
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"I would consider this a historical book on the Holocaust, with a focus on a particular group of people in Poland. The author tells the incredible story of one resilient family that made it through hell and back. While many stories of the Holocaust get their deserving attention, there were many people and countries that sort of found themselves in the middle of a war, and the Jewish people in those suffered unreal things. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking into the history of this time, or if you enjoyed The Choice, Night, or Mans Search for Meaning. It can be tough to follow with all the characters, but worth it."
Sheldon Rapoza