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Into the Forest

A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

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Into the Forest

By: Rebecca Frankel
Narrated by: Natalie Pela
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This program features a bonus chapter of the author's preliminary research interviews with the sisters featured in the book.

"An uplifting tale, suffused with a karmic righteousness that is, at times, exhilarating." —Wall Street Journal

Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is a gripping story of love, escape, and survival, from wartime Poland to a wedding in Connecticut.

In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids—until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war, they trekked across the Alps into Italy, where they settled as refugees before eventually immigrating to the United States.

During the first ghetto massacre, Miriam Rabinowitz rescued a young boy named Philip by pretending he was her son. Nearly a decade later, a chance encounter at a wedding in Brooklyn would lead Philip to find the woman who saved him. And to discover her daughter Ruth was the love of his life.

From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, one family’s inspiring true story.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

©2021 Rebecca Frankel (P)2021 Macmillan Audio
Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Survival Holocaust War Inspiring Heartfelt Historical Nonfiction Survival Nonfiction
Compelling Narrative • Emotional Journey • Survival Story • Historical Detail • Personal Testimonies • Informative Book
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Rebecca slides an excellent job describing a detailed portion of the Holocaust not well known to many. Tough to listen to at times due to the horrid experiences many Jewish Pohls had to endure.

A must read to bring more awareness to one of just several untaught or lesser known accounts from the Holocaust

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I've always been intrigued by that eventful time period. And I learned, in detail, about their challenging journey to simply live.

Telling, touching, truthful

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Both painful and joyful, and so surprised to never have known these stories. An important book, well-written and delivered.

A must-listen

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I truly enjoyed listening to the story of what the Holocaust survivors went through. It opened my eyes to some things I did not know already. What happened to the Jews during World War II is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard of. It’s heartbreaking, but to hear the stories of, the strong who survived is nothing short of amazing.

Wonderful story of terrible history

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If this genre is your interest, then you will find this a very personal and detailed telling of the nazi occupation in Poland from the point of view of two actual survivors. Well worth your time.

astounding

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Really helps us humanize the horrors of the holocaust by listening to the stories from survivors and helps us feel empathy, thinking about the remorse that they’ve lived with their whole lives. May we never forget

Riveting

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The story of how they will do anything they can to survive. awesome book very glad I heard it.

Forrest

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Excellent book with a lot of history. I never once wanted it to go faster. As a matter of fact, I am going to listen for a second time. The author and narrator, did a wonderful job. Pay attention to the names, at the end I needed to go back, since I didn’t grasp it the first time. A++++

Forest

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Book is well researched, an enjoyable listen, a good way to learn about the Holocaust

Heartwarming, harrowing, inspiring

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Maybe I have read too many WWII novels. Had trouble following this one at times. Should have been read by a man.

Great inspiring story

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