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Alicia: Memoirs of A Survivor
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
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Description for Alicia: Memoirs of A Survivor
Paperback. It is 1935 and the author is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could prepare this young girl for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
A remarkable Holocaust memoir, a powerful testament to human courage and fortitude, for readers of Edith Eger's The Choice.
'This memoir is heartbreaking.' Elie Wiesel, author of Night
'Profoundly observed... remarkably lived... ferocious bravery.' New York Times
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Alicia Jurman is five-years-old when her story begins. It is 1935 and she is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could have prepared her for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation.
At thirteen, while fleeing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857502612
SKU
V9780857502612
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About Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Alicia Appleman-Jurman (1930-2017) was a writer and lecturer. A Polish Jew, as a child she escaped the Nazis by being thrown through the window of a train taking her family to an extermination camp. Her parents and four brothers were all murdered. As a member of a resistance group, she helped to smuggle Jews out of Poland to Austria, and ... Read more
Reviews for Alicia: Memoirs of A Survivor
Profoundly observed... amid all this ferocious bravery, small, sweet details emerge with a rending power.
New York Times
Gripping, assiduously detailed... the author serves as a model of active home-front heroism
Kirkus
A powerful, intimate, searingly impressive memoir of a uniquely courageous and unusually intuitive young girl of the Holocaust nightmare and the years following.
... Read more
New York Times
Gripping, assiduously detailed... the author serves as a model of active home-front heroism
Kirkus
A powerful, intimate, searingly impressive memoir of a uniquely courageous and unusually intuitive young girl of the Holocaust nightmare and the years following.
... Read more