Mitka's Secret: A True Story of Child Slavery and Surviging the Holocaust - Softcover

Brallier, Steven W.; Lohr, Joel N.; Beck, Lynn G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802879160 ISBN 13: 9780802879165

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2021

Synopsis

The remarkable life story of Mitka Kalinski, who survived seven years of enslavement—while still a child—to a Nazi officer during and after World War II

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About the Authors

Steven W. Brallier is both a collector and a teller of stories, qualities he developed in his childhood on the western highlands of Kenya. After life in Kenya, Steve had a long career in the entertainment industry as a promoter, agent, and writer, which exposed him to many people with amazing stories. None was more compelling than Mitka's. Almost immediately a deep trust developed between Steve and the Kalinskis, a trust that provided the essential foundation for the powerful story that is Mitka's Secret.


Joel N. Lohr is president of Hartford Seminary, a leading interfaith graduate school. He is an award-winning author, scholar of religion, and passionate leader in interreligious relations and higher education. His teaching and research have focused on the Bible, specifically the Torah (or Pentateuch), as well as Jewish- Christian relations and dialogue. He has published ten books, with both academic and popular publishers.


After receiving her PhD in 1991, Lynn G. Beck held faculty positions at UCLA and the University of Alabama before becoming academic dean at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of the Pacific. She is the author or coauthor of eight books and a number of articles and has had leadership roles on national, state, and local boards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802879160
• ISBN 13: 9780802879165
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 325