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Lucille
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RUMKOWSKI AND THE ORPHANS OF LODZ |
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RUMKOWSKI
AND THE ORPHANS OF LODZ |
Rumkowski
and the Orphans of Lodz is a chilling account of a young woman’s experiences
in the notorious Lodz Ghetto. The ghetto was lorded over by Chaim Rumkowski,
Nazi-appointed Jewish Elder of Lodz 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.
“Lucille Eichengreen tells the true story of Chaim Rumkowski, the
principal person in charge of the Lodz Ghetto, where the author was sent
with her mother and sister. Her mother died in the ghetto, and her sister
was sent to a concentration camp. She thus remained alone, orphaned, under
the command of Rumkowski, who, taking advantage of his power, abused the
orphans of Lodz, including Lucille. A beautiful testimony, simply written.” |
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LUCILLE EICHENGREEN was born Cecilia Landau in Hamburg, Germany, in 1925.
A survivor of the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen-Belsen
concentration camps, she came to New York in 1946. Now retired and living
in Berkeley, California, she writes and speaks on the Holocaust at schools
and universities. Please visit her website.
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REBECCA CAMHI FROMER, cofounder of the Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum in
Berkeley, California, is also the author of The Holocaust Odyssey of
Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando. A teacher, poet, and playwright,
she is married with one daughter. She lives in Berkeley.
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