You Only Have What You Give Away - Tapa blanda

Itka Zygmuntowicz, survivor of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, wrote a series of poems that touch on her horrifying experiences and thoughts from surviving two death camps. In You Only Have What You Give Away, Itka bears witness so the holocaust will never be forgotten or repeated. She writes both prose and poetry, but often expresses herself in rhyme, where she can best convey her deepest messages and feelings. In poetry, she also finds a voice to express the pain and longings as well as the joy that are so powerful within her. You Only Have What You Give Away conveys an uplifting message of love, hope, and tolerance.

Itka Zygmuntowicz is a survivor of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Since 1970, she has shared her experiences at universities, schools, and religious organizations as a member of the speaker's bureau of the Jewish Community Relations Council. After leaving the camps, Itka wrote a series of poems that are captured in her book that touch on her horrifying experiences and thoughts from surviving two death camps. Itka is a member of the Memorial Committee for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs and the Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. She has shared her story in documentaries: "Eye On - The Lessons of the Holocaust; From Pain Comes Knowledge" (1978), and ?From Out of the Ashes? (1981) filmed in Israel. Itka's stories appeared in Four Generations of Jewish Women's Spirituality (Beacon Press). She was filmed by Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation in her hometown of Ciecanow, Poland during the March of the Living in 1996. Itka is a former fashion designer and resides in Philadelphia.