Sri Lanka, Nov. 22 -- Veteran journalist Rohana Wettasinghe's new book Jeevithaya Yali Ladimi which is a Sinhala translation of Rescued from the Ashes by Leokadia Schmidt, was launched recently as a Sarasavi Publication. This is Rohana's third translation work and fifth book. The Sunday Observer spoke to Rohana Wettasinghe to discuss his book and his journalistic experience.

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Q. Your translation is based on a holocaust book Rescued from the Ashes. Could you describe the original book?

A: Rescued from the Ashes was first published in 2018. The author, Leokadia Schmidt, is a Polish woman and a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto in Poland.

She started to record the horrific experience she underwent at the Warsaw ghetto and war time Po...