LEADER 04021cam a2200517 i 4500001 296179 005 20240725131735.0 008 231206t20232023is a b 001 0aeng c 035 (OCoLC)on1412052342 040 WEINB |beng |erda |cWEINB |dJHE |dOCLCO |dPUL |dOSU |dOCLCO |dLHM 020 9789653086845 020 9653086847 024 7 026800014047 |2danacode 041 1 eng |hyid 042 pcc 043 e-li--- 050 4 DS135.L53 |bL45613 2023 050 4 D810.J4 |bL3513 2023 049 LHMA 100 1 Leimenzon-Engelshtern, Ruth, |d1915-1955, |eauthor. |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrgG7XqX7vKQx8CBH7yh3 240 10 Farshribn in a shayer. |lEnglish 245 10 Written in a barn : |bthe diary of a young woman from Vilna = Farshribn in a shayer / |cRuth Leimenzon Engles ; translated from the Yiddish by David Engles ; edited by Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky. 246 30 Diary of a young woman from Vilna 246 1 |iTitle on verso of title page:Farshribn in a shayer. 264 1 Jerusalem : |bYad Vashem : |bThe International Institute for Holocaust Research, |c[2023] 264 4 |c©2023 300 168 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 546 Translation from Yiddish and additional original material in English. 500 "First published in Yidddish by the Ghetto Fighters' House, 1973"--Title page verso. 500 "A few days after the Germans occupied Vilna at the end of June 1941, Ruth Leimenzon’s husband was seized by local collaborators and was never seen again. Ruth, the sole survivor of her murdered family, managed to survive two years in the ghetto using her intelligence and common sense, helped by luck and perhaps miracles. Just two days before the ghetto’s liquidation in September 1943, Ruth escaped with the help of a Christian woman, her former boss’ wife, and found a hiding place in a barn on a farm 20 kilometers from Vilna, where she hid for nearly a year. During the last two months in the barn, Ruth wrote a diary in Yiddish describing her three-year ordeal. The diary is an extraordinary document in which Ruth, not knowing if she will come out of the barn alive, bares her soul as she writes down her personal thoughts and feelings about everything she has lived through. After the liberation, Ruth made her way back to Vilna and while wandering the devastated streets, she rejoiced upon meeting Lazar Engelstern, the longtime friend of her late husband. They married, had a son, David, and moved to the U.S. in 1949 to begin a new life. However, the harsh conditions of piercing cold and solitude that she had endured in the barn had taken their toll. After a long illness, Ruth succumbed in 1955 at the age of forty-five. Written in a Barn, the English version of the diary, translated from Yiddish by Ruth’s son David, is the inspirational story of a lone woman’s stubborn battle against her sealed fate who never gave up hope and found the path that led to life. This rare diary is one of the few records of the Vilna ghetto in the Holocaust literature written by a woman"--Back cover. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 Leimenzon-Engelshtern, Ruth, |d1915-1955 |vDiaries. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zLithuania |zVilnius |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Jews |zLithuania |zVilnius |vDiaries. 650 0 Jewish women in the Holocaust |zLithuania |zVilnius |vDiaries. 650 0 Jewish ghettos |zLithuania |zVilnius. 655 7 Diaries. |2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 700 1 Engles, David, |d1946- |etranslator. 700 1 Klibansky, Ben-Tsiyon, |eeditor. |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyyxVjQVMRvPp4Bbr4hjK 710 2 International Institute for Holocaust Research, |eissuing body. 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.L53 |iL45613 2023 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.L53 |iL45613 2023