Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in Warsaw, Poland, where she survived the Holocaust as a child, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and lived in Polish villages under a false identity.[1] She has a master's degree in Comparative Literature and teaches Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia's Writing Centre.[2] She is the author of numerous books,[3] including Ghost Children, a collection of poetry, and The Old Brown Suitcase, a young adult novel.[4]

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  1. ^ "Lillian Boraks-Nemetz: My Holocaust Survival". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ^ "Member Profile". The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. ^ "Lillian Boraks-Nemetz". Open Library. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. ^ "Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre: Library Item: The old brown suitcase : a teenager's story of war and peace". collections.vhec.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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