Lillian Boraks-Nemetz is born in Warsaw, Poland, where she survived the Holocaust as a child, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and lived in Polish villages under a false identity. She has a master's degree in Comparative Literature and teaches Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia's Writing Centre. She is the author of numerous books, including Ghost Children, a collection of poetry, and The Old Brown Suitcase, a young adult novel.
See also
History of the Jews in Vancouver
References
External links Official website Holocaust survivor tackles trauma and family's past in new novel Holocaust Survivors Share Their Memories of Destroyed Childhoods
Further reading
Shyla Seller, Gesher Project Poetry at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes, vol. 34, 2022.