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Ruth Ravina' s story is one of childhood under duress. She survived hunger, cold, solitude, boredom, and life-threatening situations. Born on April 7, 1937 in Warsaw, she was raised in Kozienice. In 1940 a ghetto was established in Kozienice, where Ruth was forced to witness executions. Escaping the ghetto in the fall of 1942, she survived three forced labor camps in Poland - Pionki, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Czestochowa - with her mother and her cousin Sarah. Mainly hidden, Ruth was in constant fear of being caught and killed as children were not allowed in those camps. Her father and most of her extended family perished in the Holocaust. Only she, her mother and her cousins Sarah and Rose survived.Although Ruth' s ' Invisible Holocaust' , the work transcends the memoir form in its presentation of the author' s metatexts, her own imperiled wartime childhood. Secondary to Ruth' s story, this material nevertheless complicates and intensifies the narrative without relativizing the Holocaust. This dialogue between Jew and German has not taken place before in Holocaust memoirs. It shows the brutality children suffer in war, regardless of the political position they are forced to occupy.
Contents
Prologue 5Chapter 1 Meeting Ruth 7Chapter 2 Ruth' s Family and Kozienice 11Chapter 3 Kozienice Ghetto 42Chapter 4 Forced Labor Camp Pionki 67Chapter 5 Forced Labor Camp Skarzysko-Kamienna 90Chapter 6 Forced Labor Camp Czestochowa 123Chapter 7 On the Way Back to Kozienice 139Chapter 8 Back in Kozienice 152Chapter 9 Lodz 175Chapter 10 Sweden 196Chapter 11 Canada and New York 230Notes 238Bibliography 241
