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001 2008054444
003 DLC
005 20090911120041.0
008 081218s2009 nyua b 000 0beng
010 $a 2008054444
020 $a9780385527187 (alk. paper)
020 $a0385527187 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn276338753
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dOCO$dBUR$dCDX$dJQF$dBWX$dVP@$dDLC
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050 00 $aDS134.72.S76$bO7413 2009
100 1 $aOren, Ram.
240 10 $aShevuʻah.$lEnglish
245 10 $aGertruda's oath :$ba child, a promise, and a heroic escape during World War II /$cRam Oren ; consultation by Michael Stolowitzky ; translation by Barbara Harshav.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$cc2009.
300 $a308 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-308).
520 $aMichael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, traveled to France, leaving Michael in the care of his mother and Gertruda Bablinska, the family's devoted Catholic nanny. When Michael's mother had a stroke, Gertruda promised the dying woman that she would make her way to Palestine and raise him as her own son. Written with the assistance of Michael, now 72, this book re-creates Michael and Gertruda's amazing journey. Vignettes bring to life the people who helped ensure their survival, including SS officer Karl Rink, who made it his mission to save Jews after his own Jewish wife was murdered. This is a story of extraordinary courage and moral strength in the face of horrific events.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aSṭolovitsḳi, Mikhaʼel,$d1936-
650 0 $aJews$zPoland$vBiography.
600 10 $aBabilinsḳah, Gerṭrudah,$d1902-1995.
650 0 $aRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust$vBiography.
650 0 $aHolocaust survivors$vBiography.
650 0 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$zPoland$vBiography.
650 0 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$zGermany$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xJews$xRescue$zPoland.