Rescued from the Ashes, Leokadia Schmidt
Rescued from the Ashes, Leokadia Schmidt
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Rescued from the Ashes
The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto

Author: Leokadia Schmidt, Oscar E. Swan

Narrator: Rebecca Gibel

Unabridged: 15 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/15/2022

Synopsis

The diary of a young Jewish housewife who, together with her husband and five-month-old baby, fled the Warsaw ghetto at the last possible moment, and survived the Holocaust hidden on the "Aryan" side of town in the loft of a run-down tinsmith's shed.

Rescued from the Ashes documents the incredible life story of Leokadia Schmidt and her small family and their daily struggle to survive the Warsaw Ghetto. Her memoir brings to life the vilest and most righteous qualities that people are capable of as she depicts the horrific living conditions in the ghetto and her family's harrowing escapes from the Nazi furnaces.

About Leokadia Schmidt

Leokadia Schmidt (1914-1984) was a Jewish wife and mother from Warsaw, Poland, where she and her husband ran a manufacturing business during WWII. Their family survived by making narrow escapes from Nazi camps and going into hiding. Leokadia and her family eventually moved to the US, where she lived until her death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on April 14, 2019

This is an usual diary of the Holocaust. I’ve read many stories on the Warsaw Ghetto but not one that is a day to day account of the horrors, atrocities, thievery and conniving that took place amongst the trapped masses. Many of us ask, “how could this have happened? Why didn’t the Jews rise and re......more

Goodreads review by Readasaurus on February 27, 2020

Good book This book was good but it didn't capture me like others have. These people seemed to have a lot of money in order to get food and keep hidden.......more

Goodreads review by May on June 18, 2020

This was anguishing to read. Knowing that they survived the WWII did not make this any easier to follow. For all that I have re: WWII, a 1st person account of the daily horror and fear was powerful. My love of HF began when my Dad loaned me MILA 18 to read. I’m feeling the need to reread that novel.......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on June 10, 2019

Tough to read, but needed to be shared.. Of all of the books, memoirs, etc. That I have read about WW2 and the Holocaust , this one was the hardest. It is so difficult to imagine what these poor people went through- and so many- way too many- incidents where man's inhumanity to man just made me nause......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl Wicker on June 16, 2019

Must read! Must read for everyone so this cannot be repeated! It is hard to believe such evil can exist but it can and if not understood and this story not shared it will! These people are heroes for sharing their story! Thank you!......more

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