REBECCA FRANKEL
Thurs., Sept. 29, 4–5:30 p.m. Wilde Auditorium
Harry Jack Gray Building
University of Hartford
Free | Talk and Book Signing
To register: hartford.edu/pc
Join Rebecca Frankel as she tells the little-known story of the Rabinowitz family, who narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding BialowiezaForest. Over five years, Frankel interviewed family members—including the Rabinowitzes’ eldest daughter: Ruth Lazowskiof West Hartford—to understand how they made it through brutal winters, typhus, and merciless Nazi raids before liberation in 1944 by the Red Army. Learn about the bravery and resilience of partisan fighters and the Jewish families who overcame the elements of the woods. Be inspired by one family’s search for new happiness in a post-Holocaust world.
REBECCA FRANKEL is the author of the New York Timesbest-selling War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love, and Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love –a 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist and one of Smithsonian Magazine’s “Ten Best History Books of 2021.” She’s written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and been a guest on Conan, PBS NewsHour, and the Diane Rehm Show, among others.
Supported by The Presidents’ College and the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, and The UConn Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, with additional promotion by The Avon Free Public Library.