The Tree of Life: Book Three
By Chava Rosenfarb. Translated from Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler.
A trilogy of life in the Lodz ghetto: The cattle cars are waiting, 1942-1944.
The third volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, follows the tragic fate of the ghetto's inhabitants. Author Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through every page.
By Chava Rosenfarb. Translated from Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler.
A trilogy of life in the Lodz ghetto: The cattle cars are waiting, 1942-1944.
The third volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, follows the tragic fate of the ghetto's inhabitants. Author Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through every page.
By Chava Rosenfarb. Translated from Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler.
A trilogy of life in the Lodz ghetto: The cattle cars are waiting, 1942-1944.
The third volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, follows the tragic fate of the ghetto's inhabitants. Author Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through every page.