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Touched
By An
Angel

An A6E Television
"Investigative Reports"
documents the story
of a Holocaust heroine.

LINDA BACHRACK
Staff Writer

spared, put to work in the fields and
eventually shipped to Bergen-Belsen
in Germany where her nursing skills
n angel, while not necessari- could be used for the German army.
ly a white-robed, winged
Shortly after arriving at Bergen-
figure, often is considered a
Belsen, the 21-year-old nurse awoke
guiding spirit who possesses
to the sounds of children crying. She
superhuman attributes.
soon discovered a group of 54 chil-
During the Holocaust, there existed dren in an area outside her barracks.
individuals who rose above the
Luba selflessly rescued the youngsters,
wartime devastation, risking their own
at the same time reaffirming her own
lives to bring hope to others — they
will to live.
became known as
"Their mothers were
"angels."
taken away. I had to
Luba Tryszynska was
take care of them," she
such a person. Her tale
says today. "Through
of love, courage and the
them, I found the pur-
triumph of the human
pose for my life."
spirit is chronicled in a
"The Angel of
world premiere presenta-
Bergen-Belsen," as she
tion titled "Investigative
came to be known,
Reports: The Angel of
spent the rest of the
Bergen-Belsen," an A&E
war caring for her "dia-
Television Networks doc-
mond children," the
umentary produced by
offspring of Dutch dia-
Loxley Hall Productions
mond mine workers.
Inc./Loxley Northwest.
"We saw hope, courage
Luba was a 19-year-
and strength in Luba's
old Polish Jew, a wife
Luba 'Tryszynska, who came face," remembers one
and mother whose family to be known as the Mngel
of the children, Jack
was interned at
of Bergen Belsen," cared for Rodri.
Auschwitz on January 30, the motherless offipring of
When the camp was
1943. Her husband and
Dutch diamond mine
liberated in April 1945,
son were sent to their
workers. "Through them, I
many of the babies
found the purpose for my
deaths, but in a bizarre
were sick with typhus,
life," she says.
twist of fate, Luba was
and Luba stayed with

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Saturday, April 4 1998
8:15 p.m.

Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building/Oak Park

Tickets: $10 members / $15 non-members

For more information or reservations, please call
the )PM building in Oak Park at (248) 967-4030.

Soft drinks and light snacks will be served.
Table reservations are required.

Drop your kids off for an overnight experience.
Contact JPM Sports & Fitness for further information.

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1998

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Funded in part by the Manny and Natalie Charach Endowment for the Cultural Arts,
The Irwin and Sadie Cohn Fund, the•eRoy Testamentary Foundation and the
Boaz Siegel Culture Fund.