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Who is this book for? Readers interested in personal narratives of survival during the Holocaust and historical accounts of Jewish experiences during World War II.

Topics SurvivalCourageLoss and Grief
MoodMelancholic, Hopeful
Female protagonist
ViolenceModerate
A remarkable Holocaust memoir, a powerful testament to human courage and fortitude, for readers of Edith Eger's The Choice.'This memoir is heartbreaking.' Elie Wiesel, author of Night'Profoundly observed... remarkably lived... ferocious bravery.' New York Times Alicia Jurman is five-years-old when her story begins. It is 1935 and she is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could have prepared her for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation.At thirteen, while fleeing the Nazis through war-ravaged Poland, Alicia began saving the lives of strangers. Her family cruelly wrenched from her, Alicia rescued other Jews from the Gestapo, led them to safe hideouts, and lent them her courage and hope. Even the sight of her mother's brutal murder could not quash this remarkable child's faith in human goodness - or her determination to prevail against overwhelming odds.After the war, Alicia continued to risk her life, leading Polish Jews on an underground route to freedom in Palestine. She swore on her brother's grave that if she survived, she would speak for her silenced family. This book is the eloquent fulfilment of that oath. What readers are saying about Alicia: 'I just kept turning the pages to the end.' 'So much bravery... We need to remember history like this.' "Probably the most astonishing book I have ever read.'

Language

en

Published on

14/08/2014

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780857502612

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