A Polish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp published a book yesterday recollecting her family's relationship with Pope John Paul II, including letters from the late pontiff.

Wanda Poltawska, an 87-year-old psychiatrist, said the relationship started in the 1950s when she sought a priest for spiritual support in overcoming the trauma that she suffered during almost four years at the Ravensbrueck concentration camp. That priest was Karol Wojtyla, who was elected pope in 1978.