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Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
A memoir about a Jewish girl growing up in Germany before and
during Hitler's seizure of power, her escape to Palestine and her
subsequent life in Britain after she married an English soldier.
Later in life she came to devote herself to the education of the
young in Germany and Britain on how the horrors of the Third Reich
came into being.
'Gripping, heartbreaking and uplifting.' Christy Lefteri, author of
the million-copy bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo THEIR STORY
WILL BREAK YOUR HEART THEIR JOURNEY WILL FILL YOU WITH HOPE YOU
WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR NAMES When they are little girls, Cibi,
Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - that they will
stay together, no matter what. Years later, at just 15, Livia is
ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, only 19 herself, remembers
their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her sister,
or die with her. Together, they fight to survive through
unimaginable cruelty and hardship. Magda, only 17, stays with her
mother and grandfather, hiding out in a neighbour's attic or in the
forest when the Nazi militia come to round up friends, neighbours
and family. She escapes for a time, but eventually she too is
captured and transported to the death camp. In Auschwitz-Birkenau
the three sisters are reunited and, remembering their father, they
make a new promise, this time to each other: That they will
survive. Three Sisters is a beautiful story of hope in the hardest
of times and of finding love after loss. Heather Morris is the
global bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's
Journey, which have sold eight million copies worldwide. Three
Sisters is her third novel, and the final piece in the phenomenon
that is the Tattooist of Auschwitz series.
Bergen-Belsen was the only major Nazi concentration camp to be
liberated on the British front, some three weeks before the end of
the war in Europe in 1945. This book contains accounts which should
ensure that the horrors of the camp are on the record for posterity
and cannot be denied or excused...Although Soviet forces discovered
Majdanek, Auschwitz and other camps on their front in 1944/45, the
significance of these sites did not register in the West until much
later. It was the atrocities perpetrated at Belsen and Buchenwald,
therefore, that became headline news in the Western press in April
1945. The eyewitness reports and testimonies are as profoundly
shocking today as they were then; they are gathered in this volume
so that they will not be forgotten.
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances.
In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too.
So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the true love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.
Based on the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein, Cilka's
Journey is a million copy international bestseller and the sequel
to the No.1 bestselling phenomenon, The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'She
was the bravest person I ever met' Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of
Auschwitz In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is
taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at
Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces
her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly
that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After
liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and
sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta,
inside the Arctic Circle. Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka
faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle
for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse
the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable
conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka
finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.
Cilka's Journey is a powerful testament to the triumph of the human
will. It will move you to tears, but it will also leave you
astonished and uplifted by one woman's fierce determination to
survive, against all odds. Don't miss Heather Morris's next book,
Stories of Hope. Out now. - - - - - - - - 'Her truly incredible
story is one to be read by everyone.' Sun 'Cilka's extraordinary
courage in the face of evil and her determination to survive
against the odds will stay with you long after you've finished
reading this heartrending book.' Sunday Express 'Her courage and
determination to survive makes for a heartrending read.' Daily
Mirror
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