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26%OFFJanina David - A Square of Sky: A Wartime Childhood: from Ghetto to Convent - 9780907871736 - V9780907871736
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A Square of Sky: A Wartime Childhood: from Ghetto to Convent

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Description for A Square of Sky: A Wartime Childhood: from Ghetto to Convent Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 port.,. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548. A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Poland. 432 pages, 1 port.,. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight: 540.

At the age of nine Janina David was leading a sheltered life with her prosperous Jewish family in Poland. One year later they were all facing starvation in the Warsaw ghetto. In her memoirs of a wartime childhood Janina David describes the family's struggle against insurmountable odds. When it became clear that none of them was likely to survive, the thirteen-year-old girl was smuggled out of the ghetto to live with family friends - a Polish woman and her German-born husband. When their home became too dangerous, she was sent with false identity papers to a Catholic convent, where ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780907871736
SKU
V9780907871736
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99-99

About Janina David
Janina David (1930-) was born in Poland in 1930, the only child of a middle-class Jewish family. She lost her parents during the war, spent two years in a children's home in France and emigrated to Australia in time for her 18th birthday. Eventually she was able to continue her education, graduating from Melbourne University in Social Studies. In 1958 ... Read more

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