Kulturka

Zosha. From the Jezreel Valley to the Red Orchestra - Yehudit Kafri

Zosha Poznanska is an anonymous Jewish heroine of World War II. Born in Poland, she immigrated to Eretz Israel as a pioneer and for a brief time belonged to the group that founded Kibuttz Mishmar Ha`emek. Afterwards, she joined the Palestine Communist Party (Palestiner Kumunistische Partie in Yiddish, abbreviated PKP), and from 1930 until her death she lived in France and Belgium. The book is written as a biographical novel and relies on exhaustive research all fictional passages are derived from and based on extensive documentation. The book was awarded the 2004 prize for top literary achievement, by the Society of the Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM).