Lala's Story: A Memoir of the Holocaust

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Northwestern Univ Pr, 1998. A hint of edge wear, former owner's name in ink in the upper corner of the title page, overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition (second printing)! Signed by the author on the half-title page! Black and white pictorial wrapper with white and black lettering. 355 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Born into a middle-calss Jewish family in 1922, Lala Weintraub grew up in Lvov, Poland. Her parents were assimilated Jews, and the family lived in a religiously and ethnically mixed neighborhood. When the Nazis came, Lala ---- who had blond hair and blue eyes ---- survived by convincing them she was a Christian. This book tells her remarkable story. Lala's Story begins with the 1945 liberation of Katowice, the Polish town where she was living. In the days that followed, Lala's mood swung between euphoria and despair. Believing her entire family to be dead, and having lived under an assumed identity for so long, she had no idea who she was or what to do next.". Signed by Author(s). First Edition / Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.