I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CQACBS6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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An Excellent Inspirational True Story as seen through the eyes of a 13 year old girl in 1938 Czechoslovakia C. A. West "I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in The Holocaust" is well written and informative true story from a survivor of anti-Semitism that was present in 1938 Europe. Livia Bitton-Jackson carefully describes the increasing hostility and prejudice toward her and her family as they tried to live peaceably in her rural hometown of Samorin, Czechoslovakia, on the banks of the Danube River, at the edge of the Carpathian foothills. Livia was a young thirteen. "DO NOT BUY; IT IS A CONDENSED VERSION" according to Bonnie Blue. I purchased this book and thought that I was getting the winner of the Christopher Award. I discovered later that there is a much longer version. Readers need to purchase "Elli:Coming of Age in the Holocaust." There is such a big difference with so many details that were left out of "I Have Lived a Thousand Years" that I was able to read this shorter version and about a month later read the original version and not feel like I was reading the same thing o. BillyBob6Not just the Germans BillyBob64 Fascinating. I more fully understand now that at least a lot of the slave labor- i.e. those who did not go immediately to the gas- must have been mainly just a means of torturing these Jews by those that hated them. Having a starved 13 year old girl and her starved, debilitated mother- and thousands more like her- working with a shovel on a hill side in Poland must have cost much more than the Reich benefited. The building and guarding and maintenance of . said Not just the Germans. Fascinating. I more fully understand now that at least a lot of the slave labor- i.e. those who did not go immediately to the gas- must have been mainly just a means of torturing these Jews by those that hated them. Having a starved 1Not just the Germans Fascinating. I more fully understand now that at least a lot of the slave labor- i.e. those who did not go immediately to the gas- must have been mainly just a means of torturing these Jews by those that hated them. Having a starved 13 year old girl and her starved, debilitated mother- and thousands more like her- working with a shovel on a hill side in Poland must have cost much more than the Reich benefited. The building and guarding and maintenance of . year old girl and her starved, debilitated mother- and thousands more like her- working with a shovel on a hill side in Poland must have cost much more than the Reich benefited. The building and guarding and maintenance of
It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. Imagine being a 13-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family - life itself. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isn't enough food to eat. But there is much, much worse to come This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a searing story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time it is a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. Still you manage, somehow, to adjust. It will make you see the world in a new way - and it will make you want to change what you see.. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army