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Social Science Jewish Studies

In Fragile Moments / The Last Time

by (author) Zsuzsanna Fischer Spiro & Eva Shainblum

Publisher
The Azrieli Foundation
Initial publish date
May 2016
Category
Jewish Studies, 20th Century, Historical
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
9 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781988065151
    Publish Date
    May 2016
    List Price
    $6.99

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Description

Born two hundred kilometres away from each other and two years apart, Zsuzsanna Fischer and Eva Steinberger are both thrown into chaos when Germany occupies Hungary and destroys their peaceful childhoods. In the spring of 1944, as Zsuzsanna and Eva are sent into ghettos and then to Auschwitz, they each take refuge in the one constant in their lives – their older sisters. A glimpse into the fierceness of a sister’s love, In Fragile Moments and The Last Time mirror the remarkable differences of similar paths of survival.

About the authors

Zsuzsanna Fischer was born in Tornyospálca, Hungary, in 1925. After the war, she married Holocaust survivor Joseph Spiro. They lived in Budapest with their two sons until the 1956 Hungarian Uprising – an event that Zsuzsanna documented in a diary – and immigrated to Canada in 1957. Zsuzsanna Spiro lives in Toronto.

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Eva Steinberger was born in Nagyvárad, Hungary, in 1927. She immigrated to Canada in 1948, settling in Montreal where she worked as a bookkeeper. Eva married Max Shainblum in 1959; they have two children. Eva Shainblum lives in Montreal.

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