What do you think?
Rate this book
Surviving Theresienstadt: A Teenager's Memoir of the Holocaust
After the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939, Vera Schiff and her family were sent to Theresienstadt. Touted as the "model ghetto" for propaganda purposes, as well as to deceive Red Cross inspectors, it was in fact a holding camp for famous Jews--in case the world was to inquire. For most, however, it was the last stop on the way to the gas chambers. Those "lucky" enough to remain alive faced slave labor, starvation and disease. Shiff's intimate narrative of endurance recounts her and her family's three years in Theresienstadt, the challenges of life under postwar communism, and her escape to the nascent and turbulent state of Israel.
267 pages, Paperback
Published June 4, 2021
3 people are currently reading
8 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
May 26, 2023
Vera Schiff's story is one of heartbreak and suffering that is unimaginable for most of us. It is a story for the generations so that we never forget the Holocaust. It is a book that is especially important at this point in our history when so much is wrong with the world. Thank you, Vera.
Displaying 1 of 1 review