Here There Is No Why - Hardcover

Roth, Rachel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9655550338 ISBN 13: 9789655550337

Publisher: Rachel Chencinski Roth, 2002

Synopsis

Here There is No Why was the infamous Dr. Joseph Mengele's answer to Roma, Hela and millions of Jews who were trapped by the Nazis. Written to fulfill a promise made in the darkest moment in human history, this simple and eloquent story is unique, spanning the geography of the Holocaust. Rachel Chencinski Roth (Roma in Polish), the teenage daughter of a journalist, is witness to life in the Warsaw Ghetto and a participant in the heroic Warsaw Ghetto uprising. She relays to us the daily events of a schoolgirl and her classmates under German occupation. After the Nazis smoke her out of hiding, she bravely faces the reality of the gas chambers. Enduring the remainder of the war with her Aunt Hela, as they are transported into and out of concentration camps in Poland and Germany.

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About the Author

Rachel Chencinski Roth is a Holocaust survivor who has been openly sharing her story for the last fifty years. She has spoken before many groups, of all faiths, including students from elementary school to university level.

Speaking of her experiences before small groups did not quell her intense duty to tell the world what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust. Each day before the dawn for 10 years she wrote her memoirs in Polish and published this English translation with a generous grant from Yad Vashem (The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority).

Edition details

• Publisher: Rachel Chencinski Roth
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9655550338
• ISBN 13: 9789655550337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408