Sala Kirschner

Sala Kirschner (March 5, 1924 – March 7, 2018) was a Holocaust survivor whose correspondences with her friends and relatives during the Holocaust were turned into a New York Public Library exhibition and later book, Sala's Gift, which chronicled her experiences. The book was translated into seven languages, and turned into a play in 2013 by Arlene Hutton. Conditions were brutal, but prisoners were allowed to send and receive mail as a propaganda tool. Later that year, Ann Kirschner published Sala's Gift, which documented her mother's experiences. The book was turned into a 2013 play, Letters to Sala, by Arlene Hutton; as of 2018, the play has been performed over 100 times. They were survived by their son David and daughter Ann, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. They were predeceased by their son Joseph, who died in 2004.