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Sheva’s Promise Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust Other titles in Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust Disenchantment: George Steiner and the Meaning of Western Civilization after Auschwitz Catherine D. Chatterley Fiorello’s Sister: Gemma La Guardia Gluck’s Story Gemma La Guardia; Rochelle G. Saidel, ed. Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood Helena Ganor Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano Alan Scott Haft The Life and Thought of Louis Lowy: Social Work Through the Holocaust Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella Life in the Ghettos: During the Holocaust Eric J. Sterling, ed. Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust Anton Weiss-Wendt Nitzotz: The Spark of Resistance in Kovno Ghetto and Dachau-Kaufering Concentration Camp Laura M. Weinrib, ed., Estee Weinrib, tran. A Portrait of Pacifists: Le Chambon, the Holocaust, and the Lives of André and Magda Trocmé Richard P. Unsworth When the Danube Ran Red Zsuzsanna Ozsváth [3.141.202.187] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 13:56 GMT) Sheva’s Promise Chronicle of Escape from a Nazi Ghetto S Y L V I A L E D E R M A N Sy r acuse U ni v ersit y pr ess Copyright © 2013 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2013 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our website at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-1018-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lederman, Sylvia, author. Sheva’s promise : chronicle of escape from a Nazi ghetto / Sylvia Lederman. — First Edition 2013. pages cm. — (Religion, theology, and the Holocaust) ISBN 978-0-8156-1018-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Lederman, Sylvia. 2. Jews—Poland— Biography. 3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Poland—Personal narratives. 4. Poland— Biography. I. Title. DS134.72.L44A3 2013 940.53’18092—dc23 [B] 2013003948 Manufactured in the United States of America [3.141.202.187] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 13:56 GMT) Dedicated in memory of my beloved mother Gitel Weiler and my beloved sister Rose Weiler. They were burned alive in Rohatyn Ghetto, Poland, with many more Jews when the Ghetto was liquidated June 6, 1943. I’ll never forget them. They will remain in my heart and I will love them forever, until I die. Sheva Sylvia Lederman immigrated to New York, where she and her husband worked in the garment industry, and spent the rest of their lives in Queens, New York. She was known for being a caring and compassionate person who kept ties to her roots in her native Poland by becoming a member of two expatriate societies, the Rohatyn Society and the Lodzier Society, both fellowships of people from Poland. Her life’s work was to publish this memoir so the story told within would never be forgotten. ...