I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust Review
There have been many books written about the Holocaust.No matter how much they try;nobody seems to really be able to condense the horror that Hitler and the Nazis perpetrated into one book.Many books make use of photographs that show and prove the evil that these people and their system carried out.Some might say ,you don't need a lot of pictures.One photo alone can describe the evil that took place.Then one must remember,the photos that survive;have captured only a miniscule amount of what took place.It is impossible to translate from the pictures that we have of of those that were tortured,murdered,and eliminated;into the uniminaginable numbers of over 6,000,000,human beings.
In this book,the author tackles this mass assault against millions ;and by telling her personal story of how she and her family were targeted,suffered through unspeakable atrocities ,and through unsurmountable odds,a precious few managed to survive.
It is so supurbly written and constructed,that the author is able to give the reader a bit of a feel what it was like;even though it was all so horrimle that words and pictures simply can never do justice to this monstrous monstrosity of demonic barbarity.
One can only imagine the real extent of what she experienced and saw take place;and think how it must have played on her mind all these many years ,and how she was finally able to to write about it.
If there is anything to be learned from what happened,it is certainly that the nations of the world must never permit it to happen again.All the reasoning,debate,accomodation and appeasement in the world is useless in the face of evil;and the longer time goes on before evil is confronted and destroyed;the worse the consequences will be.Similar evils are afoot in the world today;and we owe it to those that suffered from such ;that their lives were not in vain.
If you think it can't happen here in North America,just remind yourself,that they didn't believe it could happen in Europe.It is even more unbelievable that many in Europe didn't know,or perferred not to know;even while it was taking place.
If we permit it to happen again;we have only ourselves to blame.
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I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust Overview
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
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Customer Reviews
I Have Lived a Thousand Years - Carole - Idaho
I enjoyed this book very much. The story was great, and her story of the Holocaust was so remarkable and unique. It pulls you into the life of a young girl--you experience the challenges, struggles, and trials of Elli. The one problem I had with it was the language. Not the German, but the profanity. I didn't like some of the words she used.
This book was fascinating!! - Rebecca L. Dillow - Martinsburg, WV USA
I was looking for a biography from the holocaust, I was not too sure of this one, however---it was great. It was very touching and has inspired me to read more on the subject. I cant wait to get the other books written by this author...
Moving and to the point - Joanna Mechlinski - CT, USA
At the age of 13, the author - then called Elli Friedmann -- was taken to Auschwitz as part of the campaign to rid her native Hungary of Jews.
Young Elli enjoyed a relatively normal existence in 1944, worrying about capturing the attention of a boy she liked, or whether she would make the honor roll, when her entire life changed in a matter of weeks. First, the Jewish families in her tiny village were forced to leave their homes and move into a ghetto, where they remained for several weeks until transport to the labor camp was available. There, Elli and her mother Laura were separated from her aunt Serena and brother Bubbi, forced to work endless hours in extreme temperatures with little food, water or rest. Meanwhile, the family worried about the fate of Elli's father, who had been taken with other Jewish men from the ghetto shortly before their deportment.
The book, divided into short vignette-like chapters, details Elli's experiences in the camp -- meeting her other aunt and two cousins in such diminished circumstances, contrasting with the happy childhood summer she once spent in their large, boisterous household; watching others die horrific deaths at the hands of the Kapos; struggling to maintain a sense of dignity and girlishness amongst such ugliness and insanity; and more.
Despite having read a large number of other Holocaust memoirs, Bitton-Jackson's story still stands distinct. This young girl's story, full of plain-spoken facts, is guaranteed to make a lasting impression in readers' minds for years to come.
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