Cage

Sender, Ruth Minsky

ISBN 10: 0833514946 ISBN 13: 9780833514943

Synopsis

Translated from the Yiddish by the author, The Cage is a compelling memoir of the author's life from 1939, when the Germans invaded her native Poland, to the 1945 liberation of the concentration camp in which she was held prisoner. After her mother's arrest in 1942, Riva struggles to provide for her younger brothers in the Lodz ghetto. The siblings are first transported to Auschwitz, and eventually end up at the Mitelsteine labor camp, where Riva and her brothers are separated forever and she survives through her own courage and the support of other inmates, as well as surprising small sparks of humanity from some officials.

About this title

About the Author

Ruth Minsky Sender was a teacher of Jewish culture and history, specializing in the Holocaust. She lives with her husband in Commack, New York. She is the mother of three grown sons and a daughter, and has several grandchildren. The Cage was her first book; she is also the author of To Life, and The Holocaust Lady.

Synopsis

A teenage girl recounts the suffering and persecution of her family under the Nazis, in a Polish ghetto, during deportation, and in a concentration camp.

Edition details

• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0833514946
• ISBN 13: 9780833514943
• Binding: School & Library Binding