Red Ribbon
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My big brother does not live with us, but with other boys his age, in a big house named “Heim”. You turn up the street from the house we live in, and then you walk a small passage to the park. There it is: the “Heim”. I am not allowed to go there alone, but I do it often anyway. My big brother is kind and strong. He does not mind playing with me, even when the other boys are teasing him. He has to work every day, and cannot be with me as often as I want. So I sneak a glimpse of him when he works. My big, strong brother is the best, and he loves me. Sometimes I think my brother and I are the people who have to take care of Mama and Papa and all the aunts and uncles. They say that I am small, but that is only on the outside of me. Inside I am big, big, big! But in the nights when I cannot sleep, and hear the soldiers marching, I wish that I was just that, small.
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The Red Ribbon is based upon a true story from the author’s early childhood in the Terezin/Theresienstadt Ghetto.
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I was born in Praha as the youngest child in a Jewish family. My mother's family was Czech, my father's Austrian. The family was deported in August 1942 to Therezienstadt Ghetto in Czechoslovakia. In October 1944, most of the family was deported to Birkenau October 1944. I was the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust. After some years in DP camps in Germany, I was sent to Norway where I grew up in a foster family. After finishing school, and a period of working, I spent a year in Israel. Returning to Norway, I married and together my husband and I raised five children. After my husband passed away, I completed my University degrees. Finally in 199,I returned to Israel and settled in Jerusalem Most of my years here, I have been wring books both for children and adults, mostly about the Holocaust. I am also a recognized artist. Some of my works are sold to private collectors mostly, in Both USA and Europe. I have also exhibited in Israel and Europe. At present time I have exhibitions in Czech Republic. Others are planned in Europe and USA as well.