I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the HolocaustSimon and Schuster, 01.11.2011 - 224 Seiten What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. It wasn’t long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet. But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity. Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesn’t know is that this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come... |
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Farewell Old Mr Stern | 36 |
A Miracle | 49 |
Oh God I Dont Want to Die | 66 |
Born in the Showers | 81 |
Teen Vanity | 94 |
The Uprising | 108 |
Is it True About the Smoke? | 128 |
A Handkerchief | 144 |
Leah Kohn Forgive Me | 157 |
An Echo in the Fog | 170 |
The Lost Game | 183 |
Freedom at Last | 200 |
America Will You Be My Home? | 214 |
APPENDIX B | 228 |
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