Diary discovered at Auschwitz makes U.S. premiere in Milwaukee The exhibit is called "The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Lodz Ghetto." Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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IT COINCIDES WITH THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP. A DIARY DISCOVERED AT AUSCHWITZ IS MAKING ITS U.S. PREMIERE IN MILWAUKEE STARTING TODAY. JOYCE: THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED THE GIRL IN THE DIARY, SEARCHING FOR RYWKA FROM THE LODZ GHETTO. IT’S ON DISPLAY AT JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE. THE DIARY WAS WRITTEN BY TEENAGER RYWKA LIPSZYC. BETWEEN 1943 AND 1944. IN 1945, A SOVIET DOCTOR FOUND IT IN THE RUBBLE OF THE AUSCHWITZ CAMP, BUT IT WASN’T AUTHENTICATED UNTIL MORE THAN 60 YEARS LATER. >> THE MATURITY WITH THE VOICE WHICH SHE WRITES IS REMARKABLE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER MAKE THIS A MIRACULOUS DISCOVERY AND ALLOWS US TO SHARE A NEW, PERSON

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