A Part of Me
Bronia Jablon is separated from her family, and even her husband has escaped into the woods without her. It is 1942, the height of Nazi persecution in Poland, and Bronia and her three-year-old daughter, Lucy, wonder how they will survive each day. Should they hide in their hometown or should they search for their family in the nearby ghetto? Starving and exhausted, Bronia does not know who they can trust when all of their old friends and neighbours are either collaborating with the Nazis or too terrified for their own lives to offer assistance. When they finally find help, a cold, dark cellar becomes both their haven and prison. A Part of Me is a story of devotion and perseverance, and of how love sustains a mother and her daughter as they make it through the Holocaust one pivotal decision at a time.
Introduction by Sara Horowitz
- At a Glance
- Poland; Ukraine
- Ghetto
- Hiding
- Mother and daughter survival
- Postwar Soviet Union; Poland; Israel
- Arrived in Canada in 1967
160 pages, including index
- Recommended Ages
- 16+ More Information
- Language
- English
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About the author
Bronia Jablon (1918–1994) was born in Dubno, Poland (now Ukraine). She survived the war with her daughter, Lucy. After the war, she completed her nursing degree in the Soviet Union and then lived in Poland and Israel before immigrating to Canada to be with her daughter and grandchildren in 1967.
I was now totally alone, dependent on my own strength and the caprice of fate. I ran out of the house with my beloved Lucy in my arms and the hope that God would not desert me.