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cover -rrb- by chava rosenfarb of '' exile at last '' -lrb- 2013 30 january 2011 lethbridge , alberta Łódź , poland canadian 9 february 1923 henry morgentaler 1945 1975 chava . jpg rosenfarb - exile at last -lrb- cover -rrb- chava rosenfarb
 chava rosenfarb author , poet
chava rosenfarb

chava rosenfarb -lrb- 9 february 1923 -- 30 january 2011 -rrb- -lrb- , -rrb- ; was a holocaust survivor and jewish-canadian author of yiddish poetry and novels , a major contributor to post-world war ii yiddish literature .
rosenfarb began writing poetry at the age of eight .
after surviving the Łódź ghetto during the occupation of poland by nazi germany , rosenfarb was deported to auschwitz , and then sent with other women to a work camp at sasel -lrb- subcamp of neuengamme concentration camp -rrb- , where she built houses for the bombed out germans of hamburg .
towards the end of war she was sent to bergen-belsen , where she fell ill with nearly-fatal typhus fever in april 1945 .
after the end of the war , while still in europe , rosenfarb married the future nationally-famous canadian abortion activist dr. henry morgentaler -lrb- the two divorced in 1975 -rrb- .
in 1950 , she and morgentaler emigrated to canada .
morgentaler and rosenfarb , pregnant with goldie , their daughter , emigrated from europe to canada , landing in montréal in the winter of 1950 , to a reception of yiddish writers at windsor station .
