Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-cen ...
, where she survived the
Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...
as a child, escaped the
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto (german: Warschauer Ghetto, officially , "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; pl, getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the G ...
and lived in Polish villages under a false identity. She has a master's degree in Comparative Literature and teaches Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia's Writing Centre. She is the author of numerous books, including ''Ghost Children'', a collection of poetry, and
''The Old Brown Suitcase'', a young adult novel.
See also
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History of the Jews in Vancouver
The history of the Jews in Vancouver (also: Greater Vancouver and Metro Vancouver) in British Columbia, Canada has been noted since the mid-19th century.
Early Jewish settlers were isolated from established Jewish institutions and communities ...
References
External links
Official websiteHolocaust survivor tackles trauma and family's past in new novelHolocaust Survivors Share Their Memories of Destroyed Childhoods
Further reading
* Shyla Seller
Gesher Project Poetry at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes, vol. 34, 2022.
Living people
1933 births
Canadian women novelists
Jewish Canadian writers
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