Rutka's Notebook
by Rutka Laskier
"A Voice from the Holocaust"
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Rutka's Notebook by Rutka Laskier
Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Civilian
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
104
Published Date:
2008
ISBN13:
9781603200196
Summary
Rutka's Notebook is the diary of Rutka Laskier, a Jewish teenager living in the Bedzin ghetto in Poland during World War II. Written when she was fourteen years old in early 1943, the diary chronicles her experiences under Nazi occupation, including her observations of ghetto life, fear of deportation, and reflections on adolescence amid unimaginable circumstances. Often compared to Anne Frank's diary, Rutka's writings provide a poignant firsthand account of the Holocaust. Tragically, Rutka was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in 1943. Her notebook was discovered decades later and published in 2006.
