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Ruta's closet / by Keith Morgan with Ruth Kron Sigal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Keith, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sigal, Ruth Kron, 1936-2008.
- Sigal, Ruth Kron.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Lithuania.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Lithuania.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Unity Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- 'Ruta's Closet' is the inspiring true story of how a Lithuanian Jewish family escaped Hitler's Final Solution, thanks to their own resourcefulness and the bravery of a few fearless friends.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Barbarians at the gate 19
- Chapter 2 The enemy within 27
- Chapter 3 First blood 37
- Chapter 4 Where death stalks 47
- Chapter 5 In the ghetto 63
- Chapter 6 Putting bread on the table 75
- Chapter 7 The last pregnancy 91
- Chapter 8 Matters of life and death 109
- Chapter 9 The doctor and the Kommando 119
- Chapter 10 Messengers of fate 129
- Chapter 11 Taking of the innocents 159
- Chapter 12 And the band played on 169
- Chapter 13 A ride in a big truck 177
- Chapter 14 The little schoolhouse 187
- Chapter 15 Ruta's Closet 197
- Chapter 16 No safe hiding place 215
- Chapter 17 History repeats itself 229
- Chapter 18 The living corpse 243
- Chapter 19 A day of miracles 253
- Chapter 20 The liquidation of the ghetto 260
- Chapter 21 Liberators 275
- Chapter 22 Torment 289
- Chapter 23 Final flight 299
- Chapter 24 Epilogue 315
- Chapter 25 After the Holocaust 321.
- ISBN:
- 1906509263
- 9781906509262
- OCLC:
- 844909142
- Publisher Number:
- 99954715330
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