| Title |
Out of the depths : the story of a child of Buchenwald who returned home at last / Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau ; forewords by Shimon Peres and Elie Wiesel ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Setbon and Shira Leibowitz Schmidt. |
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| Publication Info. |
New York : Sterling Publishing, 2011. |
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| Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department
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940.5318 LAU |
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| Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department
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940.5318 LA |
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| Description |
xix, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-369) and index. |
| Summary |
"One of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, Israel Meir Lau was eight at the time of liberation. Decended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he became Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, one of the most respected and charismatic leaders of the Jewish faith, revered worldwide."--P. [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography.
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Laʼu, Y. M. (Yiśraʼel Meʼir)
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Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Jewish children in the Holocaust.
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| Added Author |
Setbon, Jessica.
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Schmidt, Shira Leibowitz.
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| ISBN |
9781402786310 |
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140278631X |
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