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The story of Blima, a Holocaust survivor / Shirley Russak Wachtel ; introduction by Beth Johnson.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: PS3623.A26 S76 2005

Overview

Summary: Blima Weisstuch and her husband's life experiences in Poland during the Holocaust from 1936 to 1947. This story is taken from a longer work, the novel My Mother's Shoes, written by Blima's daughter, Shirley Russak Wachtel.
Other Title: My mother's shoes.
Series: Townsend Library
Townsend Library.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Wachtel, Shirley Russak.
Published: West Berlin, N.J. : Townsend Press, c2005
Locale: Poland
Other Authors/Editors: Wachtel, Shirley Russak.
Notes: 6-8.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 1591940516
9781591940517 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 133 p. ; 18 cm.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Fiction. Holocaust survivors--Fiction. Holocaust survivors--Family relationships--Fiction. Biographical fiction. Weisstuch, Blima--Fiction.

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