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Earlier in 1943, Klepfisz's father had smuggled Irena and her mother out of the ghetto; Irena was placed in a
Catholic orphanage, while her mother, using false papers, worked as a maid for a Polish family. After the uprising, her mother retrieved her from the orphanage and fled with her into the
57:(Yiddish: der algemeyner yidisher arbeter bund), and his wife, Rose Klepfisz (née Shoshana Perczykow; 1914-2016). In late April 1943, when she had just turned two years old, her father was killed on the second day of the
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by hiding and concealing their Jewish identities, aided by Polish peasants. After the war, the remaining family moved briefly to
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The Jewish Women's
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A few words in the mother tongue : poems selected and new (1971-1990)
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to do graduate work in
English Literature. Irena Klepfisz received a
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Remembering Archivist and Warsaw Ghetto Survivor Rose Klepfisz
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Her Birth and Later Years: Poems New and Collected 1971-2021,
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A Few Words in the Mother Tongue: Poems Selected and New
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