Holocaust memoir from 1945 tells us a story which was lost until recently

Francoise Frenkel was born Frymeta Idesa Frenkel near Lodz, Poland, There are no known photos of Francoise, and the original publication of her book had a very small print run.

A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

(photo credit: REUTERS/KACPER PEMPEL)

ByEMILY BURACK/ JTA

FEBRUARY 20, 2020 04:21