The Heartless Murder of Nettie Sachs: And The Survivial Of Her American Dream

Born in Lithuania in 1885 under the rule of Russian Tsars, Nettie was ever aware of the injustice levied on her Jewish people. Rules limited their freedom, reducing their status to that of second-class citizens. Additionally; Nettie challenged her own religion's system of excluding girls from Talmud instruction, which the male-dominated Jewish society deemed to be the exclusive right of men.

Nettie fled to America with Russian Cossacks hot on her trail for a murder that occurred during a p...