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I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Growing Up in the Holocaust

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Imagine being a 13-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family - life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isn’t enough food to eat. Still you manage, somehow, to adjust. But there is much, much worse to come...

This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a searing story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time it is a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. It will make you see the world in a new way - and it will make you want to change what you see.

©1997 Livia Jackson (P)2013 AudioGO Biographies History & Culture
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A very moving account of the atrocities and determined survival of a girl and her family during WW2 nazi Germany

Very moving

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Very interesting story of the holocaust made more interesting as I have visited Auschwitz myself

Great story

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I was impressed with the close to accurate pronunciation of Hungarian names. However the reading made the story not so easy to listen to. But the story was interesting.

good book, not so good reader

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A wonderful story most likely based on truth. Again a sad reminder of the evils and bravery of the holocaust.
Very well written and the Narrator excellent too.

Excellent ..Gripping

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I found this book very informative and yet harrowing. It was beautifully written and narrated well especially the last chapter, which I won’t spoil but I felt every word I was almost there. The horrors of this must never be forgotten

Lived a thousand years

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