Of a Comb, a Prayer Book, Sugar Cubes & Lice |
Survivor of Six Concentration Camps |
by Shana Fogarty , $15.95, paperback, ISBN 0-9766889-4-8, © 2006, 75 pp |
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Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, one of eight children, was born in Kisar, Hungary, in 1926. Her parents had a general store, orchards of fruit trees, and fields of wheat. In 1944 Elizabeth's peaceful family life was destroyed when the Nazis invaded Hungary. The family was sent for several weeks to the ghetto in Mateszalka, Hungary, and then deported to Auschwitz where Elizabeth was separated from everyone but her sister Ibolya. Eventually Elizabeth and Ibolya were in six concentration camps—Auschwitz, Poland; Plaszow, Poland; Hundsfeld, Germany; Gross-Rosen, Germany; Mauthausen, Austria; and Bergen-Belsen, Germany, where Elizabeth was liberated in 1945. Because Elizabeth was emaciated and ill, she was sent to Sweden to recover. In 1948, Mrs. Goldstein immigrated to the United States.
Elizabeth Blum Goldstein was interviewed by her granddaughter, Shana Fogarty, over a number of weeks for an independent study with Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM, Distinguished Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Although telling her story was painful for Mrs. Goldstein, she was determined to share her experiences so that Shana would better understand what happened to her during the Holocaust. Her inspiring story will appeal to young and old.
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