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Rumkowski and the Orphans of Lodz by Lucille Eichengreen (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMercury House

ISBN-10156279115X

ISBN-139781562791155

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038731315

Product Key Features

Book TitleRumkowski and the Orphans of Lodz

Number of Pages125 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicHolocaust, General

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorLucille Eichengreen

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight6.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-033995

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal940.53/18/092 B

SynopsisLiterary Nonficiton. Jewish Studies. With Rebecca Fromer. RUMKOWSKI AND THE ORPHANS OF L Dz is a chilling account of a young woman's experiences in the notorious L dz Ghetto. The ghetto was lorded over by Chaim Rumkowski, Nazi-appointed Jewish Elder of L dz and former head of the orphanage. Many have long hailed Rumkowski as a hero who did the best he could leading his community through the worst of circumstances. Now Lucille Eichengreen shares, with firsthand evidence, how Chaim Rumkowski flouted his authority through collaboration, corruption, and the abuse of its children., Chaim Rumkowski, the Nazi-appointed head of the Jewish Council in the Lodz Ghetto, had absolute authority over selections and deportations. He also used his power to molest children in the Lodz orphanage and outside. This quiet, devastating memoir by a Holocaust survivor documents her own abuse by Rumkowski and the accounts she heard from many others who suffered at his hands., Literary Nonficiton. Jewish Studies. With Rebecca Fromer. RUMKOWSKI AND THE ORPHANS OF OD is a chilling account of a young woman's experiences in the notorious od Ghetto. The ghetto was lorded over by Chaim Rumkowski, Nazi-appointed Jewish Elder of od and former head of the orphanage. Many have long hailed Rumkowski as a hero who did the best he could leading his community through the worst of circumstances. Now Lucille Eichengreen shares, with firsthand evidence, how Chaim Rumkowski flouted his authority through collaboration, corruption, and the abuse of its children."

LC Classification NumberDS135.G5E322 1999