Luba The Angel of BergenBelsen Author:Ann Marshall (illustrator), Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, Michelle Roehm McCann Why am I still alive? Why was I spared? — One night in 1944, Luba Tryszynska’s questions were answered when she found fifty-four children abandoned behind the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Luba knew if the Nazis caught her she could be executed. — But they are someone’s children. And they are hungry. — Despite the mortal dangers,... more » Luba and the women of her barracks cared for these orphans through a winter of disease, starvation, and war.
Here is the true story of an everyday hero and the children who gave her a reason to live.
My name is Luba Tryszynska-Frederick and this is my story. I never thought of myself as a particularly brave person, certainly not a hero. But I found that inside every human being there is a hero waiting to emerge. I never could have done what I did without the help of many heroes. This story is for them, and for the children. --Luba Tryszynska-Frederick