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Edition 18 (2006) Winner
Sara Ginaite-Rubinson
サラ・ギナイテ＝ルビンソン
Sara Ginaite-Rubinson
Aliases:
Sara Ginaite
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1924-03-17 （Kaunas）
- Died
- 2018-04-02 （Canada (home)） age 94
- Nationality
- Lithuanian, Canadian
- Languages
- Lithuanian, English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Kaunas, Lithuania → Vilnius, Lithuania → Toronto, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- writer, resistance fighter, professor of political economics
- Active Years
- 1942-2018
- Affiliations
- Vilnius University, York University (adjunct professor)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Canadian Jewish Book Award | Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas, 1941–1944 | Holocaust History | — | Winner |
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2006
Work:
Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas, 1941–1944
Category:
Holocaust History
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas, 1941–1944
2008 HistoryA memoir on the resistance and survival of the Jewish community in the Kaunas Ghetto under Nazi occupation during 1941-1944.
HolocaustPartisan resistanceSurvival
Translations
- Lithuanian edition
Bibliography
- Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas 1941–1944 (2008)
- Numerous Lithuanian books
Legacy
A Lithuanian Jewish partisan who fought in World War II, testified as a Holocaust survivor through lectures in Canada and elsewhere, and won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for her book.
Trivia
- Lost three uncles in the Kaunas pogrom.
- Formed the 'Death to the Occupiers' partisan unit with her husband Misha Rubinson.
- Twice returned to the ghetto to help others escape.