Lauferin: The Runner of Birkenau

Lusia Haberfeld

About this book
The German invasion of Poland brought to an end the happy and privileged childhood of Lusia Hasman (Haberfeld) when she was eight years old. The family fled Lodz for Warsaw with the intention of escaping to Russia but were caught up in awful and momentous events. Lusia, however, was a remarkable little girl, whose wit, bravery and enterprise kept her alive. It was through her work as a messenger to the charismatic Pani Schmidt in two concentration camps, and her “wheeling and dealing” that she ensured not only her own survival, but that of her mother too. This very personal book is as gripping as a thriller, but it is much more: it is a story of courageous and triumphant survival.
Product details
Category
The Holocaust
Publisher
Caulfield South VIC: Makor Jewish Community Library
Published
2015
ISBN
187673325X
Country
Australia
Pages
102
Author
Lusia Haberfeld

Lusia was born in 1931 in Lodz, Poland. In 1939 the Nazis marched into Lodz, terrifying and robbing the Jews. A curfew was imposed, and Jews had to wear yellow stars on their outer garments.

The family escaped to Warsaw but was soon forced into the Warsaw Ghetto where they stayed until their arrest in 1943 during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

Lusia and her mother were separated from her father and brother, whom she never saw again. They were sent to Auschwitz and were liberated from Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

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