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Schoschana Rabinovici
Lithuanian writer
Schoschana Rabinovici (née Suzanne Weksler; November 14, – August 2, ) was a Holocaust survivor and the author of the memoir Dank meiner Mutter () which was published in the United States in under the title Thanks to My Mother.[1] Of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage, she survived Vilnius Ghetto and the Kaiserwald and StutthofNazi concentration camps as a young girl (ages 8 to 12).
Early life
Susanne Weksler was born in Paris on November 14, , where her parents were completing their studies. After the Wekslers returned to Vilnius, Weksler attended Jewish school until the German occupation of the city in June Weksler's parents owned Bon-Ton, a clothing store in Vilnius.
Her father, Isak Weksler, and mother, Raja Indurski Weksler, were divorced when Weksler was just seven years old. A short time after Bon-Ton was nationalized during the Russian occupation of Vilnius (–), Raja married Julek Rauch, a Polish Jew from Przemyśl, where Julek had attended a German school.
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German occupation
Two days after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, when Weksler was eight years old, Germans occupied Vilnius and her father, Isak Weksler was arrested as a Jew and was eventually murdered in the Ponary massacre.
In early September , Weksler and her extended family were incarcerated in the Vilnius Ghetto. Upon liquidation of the ghetto beginning on September 24, , Suzanne and Raja survived a brutal selection in the Christian Rasos Cemetery.
Schoschana rabinovici biography of martin luther king Date: December 10, Speaking at the University of Oslo in Norway, King pondered why he was receiving the Nobel Prize when the battle for racial justice was far from over, before acknowledging that it was in recognition of the power of nonviolent resistance. Edgar Hoover , which urged King to kill himself if he wanted to prevent news of his dalliances from going public. Christine Gregoire's signing of Senate Bill King's book "Why We Can't Wait" is published.Raja passed the selection of those fit for work with Suzanne hidden in a canvas bag she carried on her back. They were sent for forced labor to the Kaiserwald concentration camp near Riga, Latvia. By standing on her toes at roll call and later wearing a turban and high heels, the year-old appeared tall enough to pass as an adult.
During one selection of the weak for executions, the Wehrmacht sergeant in charge of the work detail grabbed Weksler's arm and forced her into a coal bin, which stood next to the stove in his room, thus saving her life.
Upon liquidation of Kaiserwald, Weksler and her mother were transported to the Stutthof concentration camp on October 1, Conditions at Stutthof were brutal and sick and weak prisoners were routinely gassed or given lethal injections.
Upon the approach of the Red Army, Stutthof was evacuated and Suzanne and Raja barely survived the eleven-day death march, in snow and freezing temperatures to the Tauentzien Camp (present-day Tawęcino), near Lauenburg (Lębork). Suzanne became ill and was too sick to join the evacuation march from Tauentzien on March 7, When the camp was liberated by the Red Army, Suzanne was in a coma.
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After liberation
Of her extended family of some thirty individuals only Suzanne, her mother and an uncle survived. After the war Weksler attended school in Poland and in she immigrated to Israel, serving in the Israel Defense Forces until She married David Rabinovici in and had two sons, born in and Suzanne Weksler, now Schoschana Rabinovici, lived in Tel Aviv and Vienna since
Memoir
Described as "Particularly grim, even for a Holocaust memoir",[2]Thanks to My Mother was described by one reviewer as "one of the most moving memoirs I have ever read of the Holocaust".
The same reviewer writes that readers whose interest include Holocaust testimonies and are "mentally prepared for the harshness of Rabinovici's experiences, will come away with renewed appreciation of the extraordinary fortitude required to survive those dire times".[3] The book gives a rare, detailed view of Jewish life in Vilnius, Lithuania during German occupation and contains gritty descriptions of life in the Vilnius Ghetto and the circumstances of those deported from the ghetto for slave labor in Germany.
Schoschana rabinovici biography of martin luther king day 2025 We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. Five months after the historic peaceful protest, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. At the end of the bitterly fought Selma-to-Montgomery march, King addressed a crowd of 25, supporters from the Alabama State Capitol. King felt compelled to respond to those who would advise African Americans to wait patiently for justice.It is written from the viewpoint of a young girl from the age of about eight to twelve. Writes "It is also the story of Raja Indursky-Wexler’s profoundly transcendent love for her daughter…the daughter's memoir is at once riveting, blood-chilling, heartbreaking and, ultimately, awe-inspiring."[4] The book is designated as an American Library Association notable book and is the winner of the Mildred L.
Batchelder Award. The award seeks to recognize translations of children's books into the English language (in this case by James Skofield from the original German), with the intention of encouraging American publishers to translate high quality foreign language children's books.