Published 20:15 IST, September 19th 2019
Polish Girl Renia Spiegel kept war diary like Anne Frank
Polish Girl Renia Spiegel's diary-like Anne Frank's. which describes the shadows of the Holocaust was published on September 18, 2019.
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On September 18, diary of a Polish girl named Renia Spiegel which narrates fate of Jews at time of Holocaust was publsihed. diary was unlocked from a bank vault. It is first-hand narrative by young girl which is also compared to diary of Anne Frank.
secret diary of Renia Spiegel
girl is identified as Polish-born Jewish teenr. girl was murdered by Nazis in 1942. Her secret diary describes her day to day life, harsh reality of Nazi Germany and struggles to be born a Jewish. diary is to be published after 70 years lying locked in a bank vault. Its discovery will furr put light on Shows of Holocaust. diary is released by family members of Renia Spiegel's.
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Polish girl resided in south-east Poland, Przemyśl. She started writing a diary when she was 15 years old. diary narrates events witnessed by her. It describes bombing raids, how Jews were forced into hiding in order to save mselves from concentration camps, and sudden disappearance of most of Jewish families from Przemysl ghetto which was set up by Nazis in 1942. diary also accounts for her personal life. Renia writes that she aspired to be a poet. diary beautifully captures her emotions and feelings. She also describes her falling in love for first time with a boy named Zygmunt Schwarzer. She narrates her first kiss hours before Nazis inved her hometown.
Elizabeth, who is her sister said told international media that she could t re entire diary, it would make her cry every time. Elizabeth described her sister as someone who was a very quiet and pensive girl. discovery of diary has brought back many memories for family. Elizabeth in her interview to international media revealed that Renia was very intelligent and thoughtful, she was he of literacy program in her school. elder sister was like her surrogate mor said Elizabeth.
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Spiegel describes Shows of Holocaust
Renia Spiegel was only 18 when she was shot de by German soldiers in July 1942. soldiers found her place of hiding after she escaped from ghetto. She was hiding in attic of her home. In her diary, she expresses her desire to live and pray to almighty to save her from catastrophe. One of passs from diary entered on 7 June 1942 she writes,
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‘Wherever I look, re is bloodshed. Such terrible pogroms. re is killing, murdering. God Almighty, for umpteenth time I humble myself in front of you, help us, save us! Lord God, let us live, I beg You, I want to live! I've experienced so little of life. I don't want to die. I'm scared of death. It's all so stupid, so petty, so unimportant, so small. Today I'm worried about being ugly; tomorrow I might stop thinking forever.’
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story of a beautiful soul
This book was project of Elizabeth's daughter Alexandra Bellak who took responsibility to translate book from Polish to English in order to be able to re. Alexandra was curious to discover more about events are written in book and to understand depth with which writer has written. She said that after reing diary she was able to understand depth and maturity of beautiful soul. She believes everyone should kw about her and her story.
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14:14 IST, September 19th 2019