Irene Frisch (born May 3, 1931 in Drohobycz) is a writer of Jewish origin born in Poland.
She was born into a trafficker's family in Israel and his wife Eve, with older siblings - Sister Field and her brother. Parents for the care of children employed a carer Franciszka Babecka, who played a very important role in their lives. After entering the Drohobycz army of the Nazis, the Bienstock family was in the ghetto, Irene's father was arrested and taken to a concentration camp. At this time, Irene's brother became ill with pneumonia and died as a result of complications. On Christmas Eve 1941, Franciszek Babecka led the Irena out of the ghetto, and in January 1942 also her mother and sister and hid them in her apartment for two and a half years. This was further hindered by the fact that the hideout was a room created by dividing a large living room with a sealed plywood wall, and the neighbors did not know anything about the hidden family. After entering the Red Army in the summer of 1944 Bienstock could stop hiding. In 1945 during the repatriation action, Irena's father and his whole family resided in Legnica. In 1949 she went to Germany where she studied at the University of Heidelberg. In the first half of the 1950s, Irene went to Israel, where she continued her studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since 1960 Irena Frisch lives in Teaneck, New Jersey (USA), graduated from Library of Columbia University. With her savior contacted her for the rest of her life, met in the United States in the 70s. She is the author of short stories that mentions her experience of World War II and gives evidence of the cruelty of the Holocaust, but also the selfless help of strangers. Most of her work is publicly available on the website dedicated to Anne Frank.
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