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Originally published in Hebrew in Israel as Shevu’ah by Keshet Publishing, Tel Aviv, in 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Keshet Publishing.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oren, Ram.
[Shevu’ah. English]
Gertruda’s oath : a child, a promise, and a heroic escape during
World War II / Ram Oren; consultation by Michael Stolowitzky; translation
by Barbara Harshav. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-385-53056-9
1. Stolovitski, Mikha’el, 1936– 2. Jews—Poland—Biography. 3. Babilinskah, Gertrudah, 1902–1995. 4. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust—Biography. 5. Holocaust survivors—Biography. 6. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Poland—Biography. 7. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Germany—Biography. 8. World War, 1939–1945—Jews—Rescue—Poland. I. Title.
DS134.72.S76O7413 2009
940.53′18092—dc22
[B]
2008054444

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