The Tree of Life Bk. 2; from the Depths I Call You, 1940-1942 - A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto

Describes the lives of the novel's protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto at the beginning of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life.