Behind the Book: "Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love"
with Rebecca Frankel via Zoom
Join the conversation: Based on years of research and Frankel’s extensive interviews with members of the Rabinowitz family as well as other Holocaust survivors, Into the Forest is the rarest of Holocaust stories with a happy ending and a powerful testament to the human spirit.
About the book: In the summer of 1942, the Jewish Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi killing squad terrorizing their Polish hometown. They fled to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest where they miraculously survived for two years. Of the 800 Jews from their town who hid in the forest, barely 200 survived, just a tiny number of them children. Liberated in 1944 by the Russian Army, they crossed the Alps on foot illegally as refugees, settling in Italy in displaced persons camps for almost three years before finally immigrating to the United States.
About the author: Rebecca Frankel is the author of New York Times bestselling book, War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love. Her work has been published in Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and National Geographic, among others. She has appeared as a guest on Conan, PBS Newshour, BBC World News, and The Diane Rehm Show, among others. Most recently she was executive editor of Foreign Policy’s print magazine. Frankel lives in Washington, D.C.
No cost to attend this virtual event.
Book Links: Books on the Square (Local), Amazon; Barnes & Noble
This event is made possible by a partnership between the Jewish Alliance and the Jewish Book Council and is sponsored by the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center.
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