New Dawn

the long version

"This sequel to Helen Sendyk's The End of Days is the story of how three Holocaust survivors struggled to build new lives - from the ashes of war-torn Poland to the rebirth of Israel. This book traces the travails of three young Polish Jewish women attempting to resurrect their lives in the bitter aftermath of World War II.". "After years in a concentration camp, they first had to fend off the lusty Russian soldiers who freed them. They then made the arduous trek home, only to find other people living in their houses and the residents hostile. Where would they go? How would they survive? Was anyone they knew and loved still alive?". "Traveling far, sometimes passing as non-Jews, they learned to cope and endure. Finally, their search for freedom bore fruit in the promise of a Jewish homeland. But pioneering Israel meant new hardships: housing shortages, scant medicine, food rationing, political conflict, and enemies everywhere, from harsh British rulers to hostile Arab neighbors."--BOOK JACKET.