AustLit logo

AustLit

Sheva Glas-Weiner Sheva Glas-Weiner i(A50314 works by)
Also writes as: S. Glas-Wiener
Born: Established: 1916
c
Poland,
c
Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1950
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Sheva Glas-Weiner was born in Radoszyce, Poland, and trained at a teachers' seminary in Poland and was a teacher in a Jewish orphanage in Lodz Ghetto from 1940-1942. She spent the rest of the war in Auschwitz and Stutthof concentration camps, after which she and 3000 fellow women prisoners were put to sea on a ship which was loaded with explosives and set alight. She was one of a handful of survivors.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Author writes in these languages:YIDDISH, ENGLISH
Last amended 25 Sep 2018 16:19:42
Other mentions of "" in AustLit:
    X