Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust

"Four Red Sweaters" reveals how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways. This non-fiction account tells the stories of four Jewish girls and women during the Holocaust, ranging from ages nine to nineteen. All unknowingly linked by everyday garments. Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. They did not know each other, and had never met. However, each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. Of the four women, Regina (Riwka) Zielinski (nee Feldman) [1925-2014], one of only a handful to survive the October 1943 Sobibor Uprising, would rebuild her life and start anew in Australia. There, she would share her survival experiences at both Sydney Jewish Museum and the Adelaide Holocaust Museum & Andrew Steiner Education Centre. Her own Holocaust biography, “Conversations with Regina”, was penned and published by her son Andrew Zielinski in 2003. "Four Red Sweaters" serves as a powerful reminder of the suffering these four women endured and a celebration of their courage, love, and tenacity.