I Have Lived a Thousand Years
eBook - ePub

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Growing Up in the Holocaust

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Growing Up in the Holocaust

About this book

What is death all about? What is life all about?

So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love.

It wasn’t long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet.

But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity. Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesn’t know is that this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come...

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Foreword
  5. 1. The City of My Dreams
  6. 2. “Hey, Jew girl, Jew girl . . .”
  7. 3. The Tale of the Yellow Bicycle
  8. 4. The Tale of the Yellow Star
  9. 5. Farewell, Old Mr. Stern
  10. 6. The Ghetto
  11. 7. A Miracle
  12. 8. Daddy, How Could You Leave Me?
  13. 9. Can I Keep My Poems Please?
  14. 10. Aunt Serena
  15. 11. Oh, God, I don’t Want to Die!
  16. 12. Auschwitz
  17. 13. Arbeit Macht Frei
  18. 14. Born in the Showers
  19. 15. The Riot
  20. 16. Teen Vanity
  21. 17. The Dawn of New Hope
  22. 18. “Mommy, There’s a Worm in Your Soup!”
  23. 19. Alien Heroes
  24. 20. The Uprising
  25. 21. Hitler is Not Dead
  26. 22. Tattoo
  27. 23. The Broken Bed
  28. 24. Is it True About the Smoke?
  29. 25. The Selection
  30. 26. The Transport
  31. 27. A Handkerchief
  32. 28. This Must Be Heaven
  33. 29. Herr Zerkübel
  34. 30. Leah Kohn, Forgive Me . . .
  35. 31. The Bowl of Soup
  36. 32. The Bird of Gold
  37. 33. An Echo in the Fog
  38. 34. To Face the World
  39. 35. The Lost Game
  40. 36. It’s an American Plane!
  41. 37. Freedom, at Last
  42. 38. Homecoming
  43. 39. “America, Will You Be My Home?”
  44. 40. The Statue of Liberty
  45. Appendix A
  46. Appendix B
  47. About the Author
  48. Glossary of Terms
  49. Copyright