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Clara's War

By: Clara Kramer
Narrated by: Rula Lenska
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On 21 July 1942, the Nazis invaded Poland. In the small town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug cellar. Living above and protecting them were the Becks.

Mr Beck was a womaniser, a drunkard, and a self-professed anti-Semite, yet he risked his life throughout the war to keep his charges safe. Nevertheless, life with Mr Beck was far from predictable. From the house catching fire, to Beck’s affair with Clara’s cousin, to the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room just above, Clara’s War transports you into the dark, cramped bunker, and sits you next to the families as they hold their breath time and again.

Sixty years later, Clara Kramer has created a memoir that is lyrical, dramatic, and heartbreakingly compelling. Despite the worst of circumstances, this is a story full of hope and survival, courage and love.

©2008 Clara Kramer (P)2011 Random House Audio Go 20th Century Historical Military Military & War Modern Politicians Politics & Activism World War II War Holocaust
All stars
Most relevant
and harrowing story about how people help People no matter what their religion or race is. The narrator was very good.

A very moving....

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This book was very well written and read by Rula Lenska!
I couldn't stop listening to it!
I even replayed some parts of it as there was such a lot to take in and it felt disrespectful not to know for sure what was said!
I've read other good books on this subject and this book is up there with them...it was gripping, informative and heart wrenchingly honest!
Must be read to honour all those that suffered and those who died!

Thought provoking book, well written and well read!!

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Beautifully read. Heart wrenching account of the the war and how the Jews suffered. Highly recommend.

Heart wrenching

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inspirational, what brave people, how can they be so forgiving? Again, we never learn from history

the power of the human siprit

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What a really incredible story, and we’ll read by Rula Lenska. Well worth listening to.

As good as Anne Frank’s diary

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