Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside. Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside. Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a passenger on the train with her family. They spent their final moments together on the platform in Auschwitz before their horrific fates were sealed. Sara’s mother and baby brothers were sent straight to their deaths. Her father was made to work in the Sonderkommando as one of the men forced to remove the bodies from the gas chambers, and was later executed. Sara survived. This is the powerful true story of Sara Leibovits and the incredible pain and hardships she went through during her time in the death camp. Yet despite the horrors she faced, she always tried to maintain her family’s values of courage, faith and kindness to others. In this compelling memoir, Sara’s story is intertwined with that of her daughter, Eti. Seventy years after the horrors of the Holocaust, Eti reveals the inherited trauma of the second generation and completes the Holocaust survivor’s tale. Step into the past with this captivating memoir Step into the past with this captivating memoir - A beautifully written memoir from a survivor of Auschwitz which was previously self-published digitally with over 1500 5* reviews - The book is narrated in two voices – Sara's leading voice, which tells of her survival in Auschwitz-Birkenau with courage, faith and kindness to others, and the secondary voice of her daughter Eti, who completes her mother's story, seventy years later. Together, the two voices create the fabric of survival, heroism, and memory. Competition: The;tattooist of Auschwitz;librarian;cilka’s journey;boy who followed his father;choice;daughter;midwife;. By;Antonio iturbe;heather morris;edith eger;Jeremy Dronfield;mandy robotham;elie wiesel;otto b Kraus;denis avey;colin Rushton;Christy lefteri;anne frank;anna stuart
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