Sheva was born into a family that struggled to make ends meet, in the town of Radoszyce. The remaining thirty five chapters (211 pages) describe the years in the orphanage during the war, introducing the reader to the children who were under Sheva’s care and telling their stories. The first two chapters (pages 1-9) tell briefly of Sheva’s life before World War II and the beginnings of her career as a teacher, as well as introducing the orphanage and ‘setting the scene’ for the rest of the book. Though written in the first person, the book is mostly devoted to describing the children who came under Sheva’s care. 220 pages in length, the book tells of Sheva Glas-Wiener’s years in the Lodz Ghetto as a teacher in an orphanage. ‘Children of the Ghetto’ was originally published in Yiddish in 1974, and was translated by the author and Shirley Young in 1983. Note: those cities/towns/camps underlined are those which are most central to the narrative Location of Book: Makor Jewish Community Library, Melbourne Jewish Community Library, MelbourneĬities/town/camps: Poland: Lodz, Marysin, Radoszyce Like a Family: An Investigation into Gender in Melbourne's Jewish Organisations Gender, Resilience and Adaptation in Melbourne’s Holocaust Survivor CommunityĮsotericism and exotericism in old Yiddish texts Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
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