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This book is an important work in Holocaust literature and was originally published in Poland in 1967. Covering the years 1939-1945, it is the author's account of her experience growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her eventual deportation to, imprisonment in, and survival of the Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt-Glewe camps. Since the old, the weak, and children were summarily executed by the Nazis in these camps, Mrs Birenbaum's survival and coming of age is all the more remarkable. Her story is told with simplicity and clarity and the new edition contains revisions made by the author to the original English translation, and is expanded with a new epilogue and postscripts that bring the story up to date and complete the circle of Mrs Birenbaum's experiences.
This book is an important work in Holocaust literature and was originally published in Poland in 1967. Covering the years 1939-1945, it is the author's account of her experience growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her eventual deportation to, imprisonment in, and survival of the Majdanek, Auschwi...
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Ramakrishnaiah Challa
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June 15, 2017
If factual, the persecution endured must have been terrible.But WHY &HOW did Nazism gain power?Few credible accounts are accessible.
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Marianne Quaile
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July 23, 2025
wow. so moving. it was recommended to me by the guide at Auschwitz. I can never really understand either side of what happened. How were the Nazis so suddenly corrupted and evil and how could life have been so cruel to the Jewish people? But I can learn humility, forgiveness, and other life lessons from this amazing story.
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