Evelyn Ripp came to the United States from a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany in 1946. After settling in New York City, she eventually graduated from Hunter College in New York, received an M.A. in Russian from New York University and an M.A. in English from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. She has taught both Russian and English.

Today, Evelyn's primary avocation is passing on some sense of the reality of her Holocaust experiences to adults and students through speaking engagements and poetry readings. Evelyn has two married daughters and six grandchildren and lives with her husband, Norbert, in northern New Jersey.

The Abandoned by Evelyn Ripp