03161nam 2200733 a 450 991079149120332120200520144314.01-282-60756-197866126075610-7391-4608-4(CKB)2560000000016410(EBL)616229(OCoLC)700699428(SSID)ssj0000411427(PQKBManifestationID)12172771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411427(PQKBWorkID)10356574(PQKB)11497331(MiAaPQ)EBC616229(Au-PeEL)EBL616229(CaPaEBR)ebr10391959(CaONFJC)MIL260756(EXLCZ)99256000000001641020100326d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter the Girls Club[electronic resource] how teenaged Holocaust survivors built new lives in America /Carole Bell FordLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4606-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.A meeting with Holocaust survivors -- Introduction: The women and the Girls Club -- Lodz : a path to the ghetto -- Growing up : coming of age in a nightmare -- Sh'erit ha-Pletah : the "Surviving Remnant" -- America : a home at the Girls Club -- After the Girls Club : settling in, settling down -- Betty and Lucy : different forks in the road -- Child survivors in old age : the aging women.After World War II the Girls Club of Brooklyn, New York, became home and safe haven to a small group of young women, orphaned in the Holocaust, whose stories represent the experiences of tens of thousands of child survivors. This book follows them from childhood to the present as they, contrary to early predictions, built new and successful lives in America. In old age the women, once again, are defying bleak expectations.Jewish womenNew York (State)New YorkBiographyHolocaust survivorsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyJews, PolishNew York (State)New YorkBiographyWomen immigrantsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyJewish girlsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyJewish children in the HolocaustPolandBiographyJewish girlsPolandBiographyJewsPolandBiographyBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)BiographyJewish womenHolocaust survivorsJews, PolishWomen immigrantsJewish girlsJewish children in the HolocaustJewish girlsJews940.53/180922BFord Carole Bell1934-1483604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791491203321After the Girls Club3838964UNINA