Inside the Walls
- 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
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781988065205
- Publish Date
- May 2016
- List Price
- $14.99
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Description
An idealist and a dreamer, young Icchok Klein writes poetry in the Lodz ghetto, a talent that leads to him to be rescued by a tight inner circle, where he comes under the protective wing of the chairman of the Council of Elders, Mordechai Rumkowski. In a flash, Icchok’s life takes a decidedly different path, giving him a birds-eye view of a house of privilege and a polarizing, controversial figure. But in August 1944, Icchok’s fate spirals when he is among those transported from the ghetto and he is forced to face, alone, each precarious moment.
About the author
Eddie (Icchok) Klein was born in Sieradz, Poland, in 1927. He immigrated to British Mandate Palestine in 1945, where he was drafted into the military, working for the Palmach and later the Air Force, doing mechanical repairs. Eddie married his wife, Miriam, in Tel Aviv in 1955; they immigrated to Canada in 1956, settling in Montreal, where Eddie still lives.