Transcending Darkness: A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust

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MODERN JEWISH HISTORY Robert Mandel, series editor TRANSCENDING DARKNESS TRANSCENDING DARKNESS ESTELLE GLASER LAUGHLIN A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust Texas Tech University Press Copyright © 2012 by Estelle Glaser Laughlin Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs from the author’s personal collection. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by explicit prior written permission of the publisher. Brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes are excepted. This book is typeset in Monotype Perrywood. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Designed by Kasey McBeath Cover illustration by Anna Coventry-Arredondo Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laughlin, Estelle. Transcending darkness : a girl’s journey out of the Holocaust / Estelle Glaser Laughlin. p. cm. — (Modern Jewish history) Summary: “The memoir of Holocaust survivor Estelle Glaser Laughlin, published sixty-four years after her liberation from the Nazis”--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-89672-767-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-89672-800-4 (e-book) 1. Laughlin, Estelle. 2. Jews—Poland—Warsaw—Biography. 3. Holocaust, Jewish (19391945 )—Poland—Personal narratives. 4. Jewish children in the Holocaust—Poland—Biography. 5. Majdanek (Concentration camp) 6. World War, 1939-1945—Conscript labor—Europe, Eastern . 7. Holocaust survivors—United States—Biography. I. Title. DS134.72.L394A3 2012 940.53'18092--dc23 [B] 2012031150 Printed in the United States of America 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 / 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Texas Tech University Press Box 41037 | Lubbock, Texas 79409-1037 USA | 800.832.4042 ttup@ttu.edu | www.ttupress.org To my children and grandchildren, in many ways my teachers; to Fredka’s progeny; and to the Lamed Vav Zaddikim, upon whom the survival of a civilized world depends ...