I Promised I Would Tell

Facing History And Ourselves

ISBN 10: 0961584130 / ISBN 13: 9780961584139

Published by Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated, 2020

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Holocaust educator and survivor Sonia Schreiber Weitz has been called a survivor with a poet's eye. Her memoir, I Promised I Would Tell, includes her story of survival and more than two dozen poems through which she bears witness to the unspeakable. Through poetry and testimony, Weitz gives life to the millions of children, men, and women who were murdered during the Holocaust.Born in Krakow, Poland, Weitz was 11 years old when her family and other Polish Jews were herded into ghettos. Of the 84 members of her family, she and her sister Blanca were the sole survivors of years in ghettos and concentration camps. She turned to poetry at an early age to cope with her emotions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Promised I Would Tell
• Publisher: Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961584130
• ISBN 13: 9780961584139
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Through poetry and testimony, Sonia Schreiber Weitz gives life to the millions of children, men and women who were murdered during the Holocaust. Sonia was 11 years old when her family and other Polish Jews were herded into ghettos and forced to live in treacherous conditions that often led to death. Of the 84 members of her family, Sonia and her sister Blanca were the sole survivors. To help cope with her emotions, Sonia turned to writing poetry at an early age. Today she teaches and lectures to adults and children about the Holocaust.