Nonna bannister biography of george

          Nonna's writings tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl, born into a family that had known wealth and privileges, was exposed to the concentration camps..

          Nonna Bannister

          Nonna Bannister

          Born(1927-09-22)22 September 1927
          Died(2004-08-15)15 August 2004

          Jackson, Tennessee

          OccupationWriter
          Known forAmerican writer of Eurasian origin
          Parent
          FamilyAnatoly (brother); three (3) children

          Nonna Bannister ((1927-09-22)22 September 1927 – 15 August 2004(2004-08-15) (aged 76)), was a Americanwriter of Jewish origins from Eurasia who survived the Holocaust in Ukraine with her mother at age 9, when she began writing her diary.

          She was a famed Holocaust survivor.

          Nonna Bannister was a Holocaust survivor who survived the Holocaust.

        1. Nonna Bannister, née Lisowskaja, was born to a Polish Jewish father and a Russian Orthodox mother in Taganrog, Russia.
        2. Nonna's writings tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl, born into a family that had known wealth and privileges, was exposed to the concentration camps.
        3. Denise George and Carolyn Tomlin have managed to give Nonna Bannister the same feeling of literary and historical importance that John and Elizabeth Sherrill.
        4. Summary: The author documents her experiences during World War II through a secret diary she kept during her time in a concentration camp and the years.

          5. During her time in the labor camp, she wrote papers documenting various kinds of atrocities. When she immigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1950, she had her papers published as a memoir in 2009.

          Biography

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          Nonna Bannister was born on (1927-09-22)22 September 1927.

          Yevgeny died during the outbreak of war, and brother Anatoly was never seen again after arriving in Riga, to avoid being drafte