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This unique and moving memoir was written by a woman who dreamed of becoming an actress as a child, performed regularly as a prisoner in the Terezin Ghetto, and survived to become a staple of the Israeli stage. Reading it, we witness the enormous saving and healing power of art.--Helen Epstein

This unique and moving memoir was written by a woman who dreamed of becoming an actress as a child, performed regularly as a prisoner in the Terezin Ghetto, and survived to become a staple of the Israeli stage. Reading it, we witness the enormous saving and healing power of art. -- Helen Epstein

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Nava Shean was born as Vlasta Schönová in Czechoslovakia. She studied drama in Prague and performed on the Czech stage until her deportation to Terezin concentration camp, where she took an active role in the artistic activity as both an actress and director. She survived Auschwitz and immigrated to Israel in 1948, where she worked as an actress in Israel's leading theaters. Michelle Fram Cohen is an Israeli-born linguist and writer, and the recipient of the 2003 Israel Hasbara Committee award. She holds graduate degrees in comparative literature and Jewish history and is pursuing a PhD in Hebrew Literature.

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