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I Am Sasha
One boy’s extraordinary experience of wartime survival. One mother’s incredible courage. Based on an astounding true story.
It is German-occupied Poland in 1942 and Jewish lives are at risk. Nazi soldiers order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they are circumcised. Many are summarily shot or sent to the camps.
A remarkable mother takes an ingenious step. To avoid suspicion, she trains her teenage son to be a girl: his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. Together, mother and son face incredible odds as their story sweeps backwards and forwards across occupied Europe.
It is German-occupied Poland in 1942 and Jewish lives are at risk. Nazi soldiers order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they are circumcised. Many are summarily shot or sent to the camps.
A remarkable mother takes an ingenious step. To avoid suspicion, she trains her teenage son to be a girl: his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. Together, mother and son face incredible odds as their story sweeps backwards and forwards across occupied Europe.
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Published April 2, 2018
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October 9, 2018
these stories have always fascinated me and continue to draw me in because this is a huge part of human history that needs to be talked about and not forgotten.
This book is about Sasha and his mother during world war two and as Jewish people they are some of the most hated people in Europe as Germany begins to invade Poland and other surrounding countries. Sasha and his mother are any ordinary people just living their lives as normal as it gets until they are faced with the disgusting acts placed on Jewish people during that time, However Sasha's mother refuses to wear the star of david on her clothes among other things which i find incredibly brave thing to do.
Things start to get worst as the war continues to rage on and Sasha and his mother are forced to flee their home so they don't get caught and taken to a camp. They end up staying in a barn for many months with some close calls during that time and this is when Sasha's mother comes up with the idea to turn her son from a boy to a girl and this begins the transition for Sasha into becoming Sala, she teaches him how to talk, walk and act like a girl while dressing him in girl clothing.
They are soon forced to flee the barn and end up moving once again to another part of the country where they get fake papers to make them become Christians and the most saddest part is when they actually get baptised as a christian leaving their jewish heritage behind.
Sasha goes through so much during the war especially the period when he's a girl because he has suddenly changed to become a female which he never wanted. Sasha goes through this period of an identity crisis and it especially effects him after the war because he is now free to go back to the way he was before but he continues to struggle with it.
This story from world war two is different because there is no camps in this one because that's how most stories end up going. Sasha and his mother have to move so much during the war in fear of getting caught by the nazi's. However they go through the normal things most jewish families went through during this war which was displacement, loss of family and loss of identity because every ounce of their humanity is taken away from them as basic rights are slowly taken away from them.
This story kept me glued to my page following Sasha and his mothers journey of survival and how much his mother did for him and how much he was effected by it.
This book is about Sasha and his mother during world war two and as Jewish people they are some of the most hated people in Europe as Germany begins to invade Poland and other surrounding countries. Sasha and his mother are any ordinary people just living their lives as normal as it gets until they are faced with the disgusting acts placed on Jewish people during that time, However Sasha's mother refuses to wear the star of david on her clothes among other things which i find incredibly brave thing to do.
Things start to get worst as the war continues to rage on and Sasha and his mother are forced to flee their home so they don't get caught and taken to a camp. They end up staying in a barn for many months with some close calls during that time and this is when Sasha's mother comes up with the idea to turn her son from a boy to a girl and this begins the transition for Sasha into becoming Sala, she teaches him how to talk, walk and act like a girl while dressing him in girl clothing.
They are soon forced to flee the barn and end up moving once again to another part of the country where they get fake papers to make them become Christians and the most saddest part is when they actually get baptised as a christian leaving their jewish heritage behind.
Sasha goes through so much during the war especially the period when he's a girl because he has suddenly changed to become a female which he never wanted. Sasha goes through this period of an identity crisis and it especially effects him after the war because he is now free to go back to the way he was before but he continues to struggle with it.
This story from world war two is different because there is no camps in this one because that's how most stories end up going. Sasha and his mother have to move so much during the war in fear of getting caught by the nazi's. However they go through the normal things most jewish families went through during this war which was displacement, loss of family and loss of identity because every ounce of their humanity is taken away from them as basic rights are slowly taken away from them.
This story kept me glued to my page following Sasha and his mothers journey of survival and how much his mother did for him and how much he was effected by it.
May 28, 2018
Trigger warnings: antisemitism, war, holocaust, death of family members, death of friends.
Wow. This was a fascinating and compelling biography of the author's father, a Polish Jew. During WWII, he and his mother had fake papers saying that they were German and Catholic. But when the Nazis take over and start making men and boys pull down their pants to prove they're not Jewish, his mother realised that Sasha was in more danger than ever.
So she came up with a radical plan: Sasha would become Sala. Sasha would spend the rest of the war disguised as a girl. Dressed like a girl, looking like a girl, walking and talking like a girl despite the difficulties of puberty and his changing voice and body.
It's horrifying and fascinating and emotional, and I was hooked from start to finish.
Wow. This was a fascinating and compelling biography of the author's father, a Polish Jew. During WWII, he and his mother had fake papers saying that they were German and Catholic. But when the Nazis take over and start making men and boys pull down their pants to prove they're not Jewish, his mother realised that Sasha was in more danger than ever.
So she came up with a radical plan: Sasha would become Sala. Sasha would spend the rest of the war disguised as a girl. Dressed like a girl, looking like a girl, walking and talking like a girl despite the difficulties of puberty and his changing voice and body.
It's horrifying and fascinating and emotional, and I was hooked from start to finish.
August 20, 2019
A touching story about the how far a Jewish mother and son had to go to survive WWII in Poland. Told from the perspective of a 14-year-old, the story is simply written, but still manages to convey the feelings and fears that Sasha and his mother had during the war. I think it's aimed at mature young adults - anyone who has read The Diary of Anne Frank would certainly be capable of reading this book - but many adults would also find the story fascinating and engaging.
February 18, 2020
Wow, what an absolute powerhouse book this is! I was hooked from the get-go, and as someone who has read a great many books on the Holocaust and WWII in general, this one sits way up there with the best of them. An amazing, non-fiction account told with a great deal of love and detail, I’m so glad I read this, I just wish I could spread the word about this wonderful story, so that more people could know about it and read it! It deserves to be widely recognised, because people should know about the incredible risks people had to go through to survive during these - some of darkest years in modern history. Heartwarming, gripping, and simply beautiful - I loved it!
September 4, 2019
BEST BOOK I’ve ever read!!!!!!!
This is such a compelling story of the devastating holocaust. The author has used the emotions of an ordinary boy and mother in 1940 Poland and fantastic historic description to truly encapsulate the feelings, thoughts and lifestyle of a mother and son during the war.
This book had me on the edge of my seat in some spots and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to others.
This is such a compelling story of the devastating holocaust. The author has used the emotions of an ordinary boy and mother in 1940 Poland and fantastic historic description to truly encapsulate the feelings, thoughts and lifestyle of a mother and son during the war.
This book had me on the edge of my seat in some spots and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to others.
December 26, 2018
Written from the memoirs of her grandmother and from a short story written by her father (Sasha), Selzer has created a compelling read for her young adult audience. It strikes a perfect balance of fact and imagined perspective without diluting the trauma of her family's Holocaust experience or underestimating the ability of her younger readers to absorb the historical horror she presents so vividly.
Having promised her grandmother 20 years before working on the novel to tell the world what had happened to the family, to ensure that the Holocaust was never forgotten, Selzer honours their resilience and love by presenting them as "real" rather than as idealised or stereotyped survivors: they are not always sure of themselves, they make mistakes, they suffer guilt and sometimes want to give up. Yet, the strength of Selzer's grandmother, Larissa, to keep her son alive is the constant that feeds her courage.
The decision to disguise Sasha as a girl is ingenious, thereby preventing the discovery of his Jewishness because of his circumcision. Readers will be moved by the internal struggles this causes within Sasha, both in adapting to his new identity as Sala and in reuniting with his masculinity after liberation. In an adult novel, perhaps the psychological aspects of his struggle would have been given further exploration; but, Selzer does offer a portrayal of the effects of the disguise as much more than the wearing of a dress. Her readers can therefore empathise throughout Sasha's experience with the adolescent's adjustment to his "new" gender and celebrate with him at the end of the war with his new freedom "to be [his] true self - a man."
The novel is compelling, written with energy and, surprisingly, without melodrama. The author further projects her family characters as "real" through the personal photographs included in the book and through a chronology of the war as it affected them.
Given prominence within their family story of survival are those gentiles and Poles who risked their own lives to offer help to the Jews in the ghetto and to those, like the Feins, who were in hiding. This offers confirmation to the young readers that there was still humanity in a world that appeared to have given itself over totally to evil.
Unlike some of the recent publications that present the Holocaust through a romantic lens ["The Tattooist of Auschwitz"] or present imagination as fact, Selzer clearly identifies that writing from her father's perspective, based on her grandmother's memoir, guided her to "fill in the gaps". The result is a novel worth reading.
Having promised her grandmother 20 years before working on the novel to tell the world what had happened to the family, to ensure that the Holocaust was never forgotten, Selzer honours their resilience and love by presenting them as "real" rather than as idealised or stereotyped survivors: they are not always sure of themselves, they make mistakes, they suffer guilt and sometimes want to give up. Yet, the strength of Selzer's grandmother, Larissa, to keep her son alive is the constant that feeds her courage.
The decision to disguise Sasha as a girl is ingenious, thereby preventing the discovery of his Jewishness because of his circumcision. Readers will be moved by the internal struggles this causes within Sasha, both in adapting to his new identity as Sala and in reuniting with his masculinity after liberation. In an adult novel, perhaps the psychological aspects of his struggle would have been given further exploration; but, Selzer does offer a portrayal of the effects of the disguise as much more than the wearing of a dress. Her readers can therefore empathise throughout Sasha's experience with the adolescent's adjustment to his "new" gender and celebrate with him at the end of the war with his new freedom "to be [his] true self - a man."
The novel is compelling, written with energy and, surprisingly, without melodrama. The author further projects her family characters as "real" through the personal photographs included in the book and through a chronology of the war as it affected them.
Given prominence within their family story of survival are those gentiles and Poles who risked their own lives to offer help to the Jews in the ghetto and to those, like the Feins, who were in hiding. This offers confirmation to the young readers that there was still humanity in a world that appeared to have given itself over totally to evil.
Unlike some of the recent publications that present the Holocaust through a romantic lens ["The Tattooist of Auschwitz"] or present imagination as fact, Selzer clearly identifies that writing from her father's perspective, based on her grandmother's memoir, guided her to "fill in the gaps". The result is a novel worth reading.
November 8, 2023
This is a moving memoir that covers before, during and after the time hiding in plain sight as a girl. The mom and the son and the granddaughter all contributed to the story although it reads as one memoir. It is so hard to realize the isolation and terror and 'ordinary evil' for those of us who have not lived through the moral chaos of occupation and government mandated brutality and all out war.
I deliberately chose this book to read in November with remembrance day coming up. Aboriginal soldiers had a pre Remembrance ceremony yesterday so that they could all attend regular services on the 11th. It was years before I realized that aboriginal veterans did not receive the same generous benefits that veterans in my town relied on to rebuild their lives. University tuitions or a plot of land in a community of former soldiers and their families. How different their children lives would have been from my own because of that deliberate lack of recognition and thanks.
Author Anita Selzer does a brave service to share this painful memory of her family's struggles for survival during desperate times. The stuff of nightmares for life.
I deliberately chose this book to read in November with remembrance day coming up. Aboriginal soldiers had a pre Remembrance ceremony yesterday so that they could all attend regular services on the 11th. It was years before I realized that aboriginal veterans did not receive the same generous benefits that veterans in my town relied on to rebuild their lives. University tuitions or a plot of land in a community of former soldiers and their families. How different their children lives would have been from my own because of that deliberate lack of recognition and thanks.
Author Anita Selzer does a brave service to share this painful memory of her family's struggles for survival during desperate times. The stuff of nightmares for life.
November 25, 2019
Had my attention from the very first page. I'm glad Sasha's daughter keep her word to her grandmother Larissa and wrote their story. Suitable for YA and adults. tells what drastic measures jews had to go through in Europe to survive WW2. Recommend to all
April 28, 2018
A great read. It's always difficult to review books on the Holocaust because they usually come from such heart-wrenching family history and this one is no different. I thought that this book offered a different perspective, as I learnt a lot about Zegota, which is a resistance group that I hadn't heard of before and am now glad that I have.
The book would be a good one to study in class - it is mostly middle grade, the violence is there but not in graphic detail. Of course the first question I had from a female student was "what is circumcision?" - then a whole lot of other questions soon followed about the wider context of WWII, anti-semitism and why Poland was so badly affected.
The book would be a good one to study in class - it is mostly middle grade, the violence is there but not in graphic detail. Of course the first question I had from a female student was "what is circumcision?" - then a whole lot of other questions soon followed about the wider context of WWII, anti-semitism and why Poland was so badly affected.
May 12, 2018
An amazing, true story about the lengths people went to in order to survive the horrors of World War 2. Sasha knows that his mother’s idea, for him to impersonate a girl to avoid detection by the Nazis, is necessary, but, as a young teenager, he is conflicted about the decision. A fascinating story that shows yet another perspective of the Holocaust.
February 6, 2020
A mother and son's remarkable story of survival during the holocaust.
July 18, 2023
As the world once again feels the impact of war, Anita Selzer’s I Am Sasha is a reminder of human bravery, resilience and survival in the face of barbaric aggression.
The book is based on the true story of how the author’s grandmother Larissa and father Sasha survived the Holocaust. Born to a Jewish family in 1929 near Brody, Poland (in today’s western Ukraine), Sasha had known the meaning of “anti-Semitism” from a very young age.
The mother and son moved to Lwów (today’s Lviv in western Ukraine) in 1933. Life became increasingly difficult as Jews were limited in the professions and banned from areas of public life in Poland.
It was not just confusing but outright terrifying to young Sasha as Lwów was bombed by Germany and then seized by the Soviets before finally falling into German hands. In his eyes, the only thing constant in this ever-changing world was death.
“Mama gave up trying to hide anything at all from me now. The truth was inescapable. I saw it all around me, outside in the streets, in the faces of my aunts… I turned away and curled up under the blankets on my bed.”
By 1942, Sasha and his mother were constantly in hiding. “The terror raged outside for hours. We lost track of the time. The daylight intensified and then the light dimmed. After a while came the quiet. Not a sound. The silence was worse than the noise.”
Knowing the Nazi soldiers would order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they were circumcised – and those who were faced execution on the spot or death in the concentration camps – Larissa came up with an ingenious plan.
To avoid suspicion, she purchased false identity papers and trained her teenage son to be a girl – his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. In Sasha’s words: “There was no other way. Either I became a girl, or I would die.”
Thus Sasha became Sala, but the teenager was constantly in turmoil. “I felt every nerve in my body protesting against this. I would crumble at any minute. I was screaming inside. I was scared and angry and fragile.”
“And how long would it go on for? Weeks? Months? Years? How long would I have to be a girl? When could I be me again?… I’d never felt so terrified of the future before.”
The author’s fictionalised account of Sasha’s journey was remarkably bittersweet, but it is Larissa’s devotion, dedication and determination as a mother that makes the story outstanding. It is a bold and heart-warming read.
I Am Sasha fulfilled Larissa’s dying wish that the world knows the stories of those lives lost and those who suffered in the darkest hours of human history. In the author’s words: “Such stories need to be kept alive. We must secure a peaceful world in the present and a peaceful future for all our children, everywhere. To do this, we must all remember our common humanity.”
Note: This book review was originally published under the title “True war tale” by Ranges Trader Star Mail, March 8, 2022, P8.
The book is based on the true story of how the author’s grandmother Larissa and father Sasha survived the Holocaust. Born to a Jewish family in 1929 near Brody, Poland (in today’s western Ukraine), Sasha had known the meaning of “anti-Semitism” from a very young age.
The mother and son moved to Lwów (today’s Lviv in western Ukraine) in 1933. Life became increasingly difficult as Jews were limited in the professions and banned from areas of public life in Poland.
It was not just confusing but outright terrifying to young Sasha as Lwów was bombed by Germany and then seized by the Soviets before finally falling into German hands. In his eyes, the only thing constant in this ever-changing world was death.
“Mama gave up trying to hide anything at all from me now. The truth was inescapable. I saw it all around me, outside in the streets, in the faces of my aunts… I turned away and curled up under the blankets on my bed.”
By 1942, Sasha and his mother were constantly in hiding. “The terror raged outside for hours. We lost track of the time. The daylight intensified and then the light dimmed. After a while came the quiet. Not a sound. The silence was worse than the noise.”
Knowing the Nazi soldiers would order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they were circumcised – and those who were faced execution on the spot or death in the concentration camps – Larissa came up with an ingenious plan.
To avoid suspicion, she purchased false identity papers and trained her teenage son to be a girl – his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. In Sasha’s words: “There was no other way. Either I became a girl, or I would die.”
Thus Sasha became Sala, but the teenager was constantly in turmoil. “I felt every nerve in my body protesting against this. I would crumble at any minute. I was screaming inside. I was scared and angry and fragile.”
“And how long would it go on for? Weeks? Months? Years? How long would I have to be a girl? When could I be me again?… I’d never felt so terrified of the future before.”
The author’s fictionalised account of Sasha’s journey was remarkably bittersweet, but it is Larissa’s devotion, dedication and determination as a mother that makes the story outstanding. It is a bold and heart-warming read.
I Am Sasha fulfilled Larissa’s dying wish that the world knows the stories of those lives lost and those who suffered in the darkest hours of human history. In the author’s words: “Such stories need to be kept alive. We must secure a peaceful world in the present and a peaceful future for all our children, everywhere. To do this, we must all remember our common humanity.”
Note: This book review was originally published under the title “True war tale” by Ranges Trader Star Mail, March 8, 2022, P8.
October 23, 2018
This review has been crossposted from my blog at The Cosy Dragon . Please head there for more in-depth reviews by me, which appear on a timely schedule.
This is a fiction novel based on the true story of the author’s grandfather. He was safe during the Nazi occupation of Poland because his mother hid him in plain sight by turning him into a girl.
I was really looking forward to this novel, but then I couldn’t get into it. I expected that most of the novel would be during the time that Sala was pretending to be a girl, but instead it was split into about half-half. I honestly never felt like he was in danger. He was never with a group of people who were ordered to drop their pants and half the time they were in hiding where he wasn’t even in contact with people. As far as I could tell, the worst risk was the people who had known his mother and that his mother was Jewish.
I wanted more of a narrative and less reliance on Sala’s internal (boring) monologue. I much would have preferred it if I could see the outside world more. Although the concept certainly holds up, and this novel was based on the author’s family history, I felt like I wasn’t firmly enough into Nazi Poland to understand what was going on. I felt myself having to draw on my reading from Nazi Germany and I feel that that was a let down from this novel. It could have been used to really educate people about the differences between Poland and Germany during the war. Also, the fact that I understood the concept of the ‘gentiles’ was taken for granted by the author (I didn’t really know). Were they just wealthy people who weren’t Jewish? Were they people who had planted the right bribes?
Anyway, I didn’t end up finishing this novel. At this point in time I have so many novels demanding my attention that unless I am caught up in it, it is unlikely that I will come back. I don’t think it’s necessarily the novel’s personal fault, I think that it and I just didn’t get along. Others may enjoy it, so I’ll give it a generous 3 stars.
This is a fiction novel based on the true story of the author’s grandfather. He was safe during the Nazi occupation of Poland because his mother hid him in plain sight by turning him into a girl.
I was really looking forward to this novel, but then I couldn’t get into it. I expected that most of the novel would be during the time that Sala was pretending to be a girl, but instead it was split into about half-half. I honestly never felt like he was in danger. He was never with a group of people who were ordered to drop their pants and half the time they were in hiding where he wasn’t even in contact with people. As far as I could tell, the worst risk was the people who had known his mother and that his mother was Jewish.
I wanted more of a narrative and less reliance on Sala’s internal (boring) monologue. I much would have preferred it if I could see the outside world more. Although the concept certainly holds up, and this novel was based on the author’s family history, I felt like I wasn’t firmly enough into Nazi Poland to understand what was going on. I felt myself having to draw on my reading from Nazi Germany and I feel that that was a let down from this novel. It could have been used to really educate people about the differences between Poland and Germany during the war. Also, the fact that I understood the concept of the ‘gentiles’ was taken for granted by the author (I didn’t really know). Were they just wealthy people who weren’t Jewish? Were they people who had planted the right bribes?
Anyway, I didn’t end up finishing this novel. At this point in time I have so many novels demanding my attention that unless I am caught up in it, it is unlikely that I will come back. I don’t think it’s necessarily the novel’s personal fault, I think that it and I just didn’t get along. Others may enjoy it, so I’ll give it a generous 3 stars.
May 16, 2024
An extraordinary true story about a young boy in Nazi-occupied Poland during WW2 and the measures he and his mother must take to ensure their best possible chance of survival.
Sasha's mother is aware that the Nazi's are checking young boys to see it they are circumcised or not, and so moving from their hometown is not enough - she decides that Sasha must dress and act like a girl to avoid suspicion. As Sasha, now known as Sala, navigates adolescence disguised as a girl, he and his mother move throughout occupied Europe, trusting and relying on the generosity and care of family and strangers alike to ensure their survival.
I'm always astounded and moved by stories of Holocaust survival, and although I feel this story was aimed more at young adolescents, it is nevertheless an important and stark reminder of the bravery of so many, and of a time in history we must never forget.
Sasha's mother is aware that the Nazi's are checking young boys to see it they are circumcised or not, and so moving from their hometown is not enough - she decides that Sasha must dress and act like a girl to avoid suspicion. As Sasha, now known as Sala, navigates adolescence disguised as a girl, he and his mother move throughout occupied Europe, trusting and relying on the generosity and care of family and strangers alike to ensure their survival.
I'm always astounded and moved by stories of Holocaust survival, and although I feel this story was aimed more at young adolescents, it is nevertheless an important and stark reminder of the bravery of so many, and of a time in history we must never forget.
April 4, 2020
Wow. This book was outstanding. Retold by the daughter of Sasha, (Anita Selzer) the story cannot be more pure. You may think that this is similiar to any other Jewish, Nazi, World War II story. But, it's not. I feel like when we read those type of books, we expect that the characters will end up in a concentratio camp, but that did not happen in this story, which is why I liked it more than others. It shows more of behind the scenes of what daily life was like for some people in the time, but it explores an element not many people may have realised, transforming and convincing people you are a different gender, in the hope that you will survive. Read the full review on my blog: https://bookreviewsbysophiemcc.blogsp...
June 2, 2018
Interesting journey to be written. Grand daughter wrote it from her father's notes or something like that. As with many of these stories it took a long time to be able to tell them rather than just move on. I wonder if there were others who did the same. The feelings of the boy are what the writer imagined they would be so not sure if that is how he really felt. Excellent writing about the nightmarea and the effect of living through all this. It is beyond imagination how people who went through this survived during AND after. The war went on for SO long.
April 28, 2018
I've read a lot of amazing memoir and non-fic-lit, especially on WW2 and the holocaust but there is always room on my shelf for one more because every story is unique in its own way and a tribute to those that suffered and survived, and to those that didn't. What is literature, if not to immortalize- to live on in pages?
April 18, 2018
A beautifully written Holocaust book of an incredible true story of survival based on the author’s father & grandmothers’ experiences. The author combines their personal experiences against the backdrop of the war superbly. I highly recommend I Am Sasha.
August 20, 2020
Exceptional story about a boy and his mother and the horrors of the war for Jewish people. So elegantly written. You feel the frustration and horror of Sasha and his mother as he grows from a young boy into a young man.
July 16, 2021
Written for young adults, an intriguing story of the depths a mother will go to in order to protect her child and the mental toll this can play. Due to the easy language and quick read, it was not as exciting as most World War 2 books, but just as informative.
June 17, 2023
this book was INCREDIBLE. it was so incredibly well written, and you really feel this boys struggle as he has to change his entire identity to survive. a very good holocaust story that follows a young protagonist.
May 7, 2018
4.5 stars A remarkable story of a mother & son survival during the holocaust.
July 9, 2018
Good book about escaping the war.
November 26, 2018
What an incredible story of humanity, loss and ingenuity. Worth reading
December 10, 2018
I love WWII books and this was no exception. The premise really got me in and the plot did not let it down. 4.5 stars
February 2, 2019
Thoroughly engaging story that had to be told about the darkest times for the Jewish people. Well worth reading as a teenager or adult.
June 29, 2019
Brilliantly moving story
July 9, 2019
I only have two words to say about this book and that is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I enjoyed every page and the fact that it is a true story was able to keep my attention until the final word.
January 2, 2020
One of the best books I've read on the topic of the second world war, A great big shout out to the author for this great story with 1st hand knowledge, and family. And most importantly to believe that most of the story was true! Truly recommend to everyone.........
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January 27, 2020
Read this book for school, even had the privilege of meeting the author. Both were AMAZING!!!!!
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