Rifka Norman story: the survival of a young girl from Vilna.
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Rifka Norman story: the survival of a young girl from Vilna.
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.53180922/0137
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10399t
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2016
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]206-223
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780994596048
NotesArticle from the book 'Courage to care: 28 remarkable stories of rescue during World War II Vol.I' pp206-223
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Rae was born in Vilna n 1927. Vilna was occupied on 24 June 1941 and on 1 September 1941, 8000 Jews were evacuated, and a ghetto was established in Ponar, and from there she was sent to Vaivara, a concentration camp in Estonia, and eventually to Bergen-Belsen. She survived and met up with her sister whom she had not seen for 5 years.