Donia: Her Bravery, Her Luck and Her Challenging Destiny

Years ago Shlomo Adler heard the story of the miraculous rescue in Bolechow, Ukraine of the Jewish couple, Solomon and Malka Rainhartz, by a Ukranian girl. After the liberation, the Ukranian girl revealed her true identity as that of a Jewish girl born in the village of Synowodzko Nizne. The girl saved herself and the Jewish couple with courage, ingenuity and luck. "Jump my child. Maybe, thanks to you, there will remain a trace and memory of our family." These were the last words Donia heard from her father. She was 17 1/2 years old girl when she jumped into the unknown from the train that led her and her immediate family from Synowodzko Nizne, Ukraine to the extermination camp at Belzec. Shlomo Adler is a masterful storyteller who has taken it upon himself to reveal and memoralize the many stories of tradedy and also heroism of the Holocaust. The English lanuage version of his new book, Donia: Her bravery, Her Luck and Her Challenging Destiny is a must-read for those intersested in the Holocaust history, Jewish studies, human nature and psychology.

Author: Shlomo Adler
Publisher: Joan Adler
Published: 08/19/2016
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780980125078

About the Author
Adler, Shlomo: - Shlomo Adler was born in 1930 in the town of Bolechow, district of Stanislawow, in Poland, to Abraham and Sara Adler. Shlomo had a sister, Miriam, who was six years older than he. His parents and sister perished in the Holocaust. From the age of six, Shlomo studied in the Jewish basic school. In the afternoons he was sent to he was sent by his parents to the Tarbut school, where he learned Hebrew. Shlomo and his cousin Juzik (Joseph) Adler, who is one year older than Shlomo, survived the Holocaust. Juzik is the son of Shlomo's father's brother Herman. After the liberation Shlomo tried to hide his Jewish origin, and for almost two years he pretended to be Polish. He was arrested under accusation of being a Nazi and escaped from Poland. Shlomo's story, A Jew Again," may be found on Amazon where it is a best seller. After ten months in Cyprus, Shlomo arrived Palestine in September 1947. There he lived in a Kibbutz and served in the Israeli Army during the War for Independence. He is married to Ester. They have two sons, Abraham and David. Abraham is married to Malka and David is married to Elana. Shlomo and Ester have five grandchildren; Sarit, Mirit, Koby, Meital and Maya and twin great grandchildren, Shay Li and Matan. Shlomo worked for ElAl Israel Airlines. He made several improvements in cargo handling and invented and patented a system that increases the capacity in the lower deck of wide body airplanes. Shlomo lives in Kfar Saba, Israel, He is the head of the Bolechow Descendants in Israel Association. He is currently writing his fourth book, "From Ashes to Torches."Adler, Joan: - Joan Adler's original training was in special education. After staying home to raise her two children, she invented a profession: literary research. Through this effort she was hired by a member of the Lazarus Straus family to research, document and disseminate information about the family. Her work includes extensive writing about the Straus family which she publishes in a semi-annual newsletter. She also writes and publishes books and articles for other publications. Joan found Shlomo Adler when she was working on the genealogy of her husband's family. She was moved by the tragedy of his Holocaust experiences and volunteered to translate his autobiography, A Jew Again, into English. She has once again worked with Shlomo Adler, this time in a more proactive manner, to help publish the inspiring story of Donia, a Jewish girl who posed as a Ukranian and saved the lives of a Jewish couple from the village of Bolechow.