'Our Partisan Kingdom' and 'Written in a Barn': Holocaust survival up close and personal - review

Barry Davis reviews two Holocaust memoirs published by Yad Vashem: 'Our Partisan Kingdom' by Lazar Engles and 'Written in a Barn' by Ruth Leimenzon Engles, both translated from Yiddish by their son David Engles. The review highlights the personal, first-person accounts of survival—Lazar's escape from the Vilna Ghetto to join the Bielski partisans, and Ruth's 10 months hiding in a barn. Davis emphasizes the importance of individual testimonies in remembering the Holocaust's six million victims.

Barry Davis reviews two Holocaust memoirs published by Yad Vashem: 'Our Partisan Kingdom' by Lazar Engles and 'Written in a Barn' by Ruth Leimenzon Engles, both translated from Yiddish by their son David Engles. The review highlights the personal, first-person accounts of survival—Lazar's escape from the Vilna Ghetto to join the Bielski partisans, and Ruth's 10 months hiding in a barn. Davis emphasizes the importance of individual testimonies in remembering the Holocaust's six million victims.

'Our Partisan Kingdom' and 'Written in a Barn': Holocaust survival up close and personal - review