Destined To Survive

The story of Jack Pooltons war experience, from his initial training to his capture and attempted escapes from a POW camp.

Memoirs of a Jew born ca. 1925 in Łódź to a hasidic family. Relates his experiences in the Holocaust, stressing his efforts to observe religious practices whenever possible. He and his family were interned for four years in the Łódź ghetto, where his father died of starvation. In summer 1944 the family was deported to Auschwitz, where his mother was immediately gassed. Cohen was sent to the Kaufering labor camp, where he was liberated. In 1946 his younger sister, Mirel, was killed by antisemites in Łódź; his elder sister, Gittel, perished in the Holocaust. After the war Cohen lived in Switzerland; he married and in 1951 immigrated to Canada.

An extraordinary story of courage, forgiveness and reconciliation. Sabina Wolanski was just 12 years old when her home town in Poland was invaded by Nazis. In her diary, along with innocent adolescent longings, she recorded what happened next: the humiliations and terrors, the murder of her beloved family and the startling story of her own survival. Leaving Europe after the war, Sabina forged a new life in Australia, juggling a thriving design business, her family, and an unorthodox love life. But as time wore on, she began asking herself why had she survived when so many died? And what kind of justice fitted such crimes? In May 2005, when Germany opened its controversial Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, Sabina was chosen to speak as the voice of the six million dead. In her speech she noted that although the Holocaust had taken everything she valued, it had also taught her that hatred and discrimination are doomed to fail. Her ability to survive, to love, and to live well, has been her greatest triumph. 'I couldn't put down this engaging, honest story of love, loss and survival.' Diane Armstrong, bestselling author of tHE VOYAGER OF tHEIR LIFE 'important and wonderfully written' Australian Literary Review

Finally released, he made his way on crutches back through war-ravaged Poland sustained only by an unquenchable need to be reunited with his beloved." "Wilo and Wusia were married, secure in the belief that Hitler would not dare to attack Soviet-occupied eastern Poland. With Wusia pregnant and near term, the German armies smashed across Russian lines and Lvov's Jews were thrown into the terror of the Holocaust.".

Memoirs of a Jew born ca. 1925 in Łódź to a hasidic family. Relates his experiences in the Holocaust, stressing his efforts to observe religious practices whenever possible. He and his family were interned for four years in the Łódź ghetto, where his father died of starvation. In summer 1944 the family was deported to Auschwitz, where his mother was immediately gassed. Cohen was sent to the Kaufering labor camp, where he was liberated. In 1946 his younger sister, Mirel, was killed by antisemites in Łódź; his elder sister, Gittel, perished in the Holocaust. After the war Cohen lived in Switzerland; he married and in 1951 immigrated to Canada.

Women in the United States military have received more recognition than ever in recent years, but women also played vital roles in battles and campaigns of previous generations. Cathy Williams served as Pvt. William Cathay from 1866 to 1868 with the famed Buffalo Soldiers who patrolled the 900-mile Santa Fe Trail. Tucker traces her life from her birth as a slave near Independence, Missouri, to her service in Company A, 38th U.S. Infantry, one of the six black units formed following the Civil War. Cathy Williams remains the only known African American woman to have served as a Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars. Her remarkable story continues to represent a triumph of the human spirit.