Gertrudas Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II Oren RamPaperback
Gertrudas Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II Oren RamPaperback Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this…
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Gertrudas Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II Oren RamPaperback
Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler's List.Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. When Michael's mother has a stroke, Gertruda promises the dying woman that she will make her way to Palestine and raise him as her own son.Written with the invaluable assistance of Michael, now seventy-two and living in New York City, GERTRUDA'S OATH re-creates Michael and Gertruda's amazing journey. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, travels to France, leaving Michael in the care of his mother and Gertruda Bablinska, a Catholic nanny devoted to the family.
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