Into the Forest

A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

By: Rebecca Frankel

Narrated by: Natalie Pela

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

This program features a bonus chapter of the author's preliminary research interviews with the sisters featured in the book.

"An uplifting tale, suffused with a karmic righteousness that is, at times, exhilarating." —Wall Street Journal

Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is a gripping story of love, escape, and survival, from wartime Poland to a wedding in Connecticut.

In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids—until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war, they trekked across the Alps into Italy, where they settled as refugees before eventually immigrating to the United States.

During the first ghetto massacre, Miriam Rabinowitz rescued a young boy named Philip by pretending he was her son. Nearly a decade later, a chance encounter at a wedding in Brooklyn would lead Philip to find the woman who saved him. And to discover her daughter Ruth was the love of his life.

From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, one family’s inspiring true story.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

©2021 Rebecca Frankel (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

A must-listen

Both painful and joyful, and so surprised to never have known these stories. An important book, well-written and delivered.

Wonderful story of terrible history

I truly enjoyed listening to the story of what the Holocaust survivors went through. It opened my eyes to some things I did not know already. What happened to the Jews during World War II is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard of. It’s heartbreaking, but to hear the stories of, the strong who survived is nothing short of amazing.

astounding

If this genre is your interest, then you will find this a very personal and detailed telling of the nazi occupation in Poland from the point of view of two actual survivors. Well worth your time.

Riveting

Really helps us humanize the horrors of the holocaust by listening to the stories from survivors and helps us feel empathy, thinking about the remorse that they’ve lived with their whole lives. May we never forget

Great inspiring story

Maybe I have read too many WWII novels. Had trouble following this one at times. Should have been read by a man.

Great Read

I just finished Into the Forest and I couldn’t put it down. The characters were so easy to understand. And the love for each other and the children was wonderful. They were going through some of the worst times and their attitudes were good and got them through. The narrator was excellent and so was the story. I would recommend this book highly.

Fluid and gently told. Magnificent reader.

The writer took a difficult subject and made if poignant but not scary.
There was a sense of hope .

Forest

Excellent book with a lot of history. I never once wanted it to go faster. As a matter of fact, I am going to listen for a second time. The author and narrator, did a wonderful job. Pay attention to the names, at the end I needed to go back, since I didn’t grasp it the first time. A++++

Heartwarming, harrowing, inspiring

Book is well researched, an enjoyable listen, a good way to learn about the Holocaust

Great story with an added benefit

I've read several holocost stories and they always horrify and inspire me. This one is no exception. What makes it outstanding is the chance to listen to the people who lived it tell their story. Ms. Frankel includes several interview clips at the end the book which lets listen to the people who lived the story. What struck me is how ordinary they sound. Extraordinary people telling an extraordinary true story sitting around their kitchen table. Their resiliance is inspirational and makes me hope that many of the ordinary seeming people around me have the same within them.