Launch of Sans Masque by Dr. Truda Rosenberg (Bilingual)

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 4:30pm

University of Ottawa - Desmarais building, room 12102
55 Laurier Ave East
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5

The University of Ottawa Press will be hosting a bilingual (French & English) book launch February 28th, 2011 from 4:30 to 6:30 at the University of Ottawa Campus, in Desmarais building, room 12102.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In her book, Sans masque, Rosenberg describes the horrors she faced during the Holocaust and the steps she took to survive. To evade the Nazis, Rosenberg took on a series of false identities to conceal her Jewish heritage. Despite this, she was unable to avoid being herded onto a cattle train bound for Belzec, a Nazi death camp where 500 000 Jews were slaughtered. Nor was she able to prevent being imprisoned at a labour camp, or being sold as a slave labourer to a German officer, or the deaths of all members of her immediate family.

Dr. Rosenberg provides valuable testimony to the adversity and human cruelty endured by millions of Jews during the Second World War. Her story demonstrates the resilience of human beings and our capacity to adapt to the worst possible circumstances.

Sans masque was translated from its original English by Christine Klein-Lataud and published by the University of Ottawa Press.
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For more information on the book, visit: http://www.press.uottawa.ca/book/sans-masque.

To RSVP, visit http://www.sciencessociales.uottawa.ca/rsvp/eng/index.asp.