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The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope

The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope

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  • Create Date：2022-09-04 17:21:37
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Tova Friedman
  • ISBN：B09V85H6CW
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CategoriesHolocaust History， Jewish History， Historical Biographies & Autobiographies

Agustina ，

This is a powerful memoir， everything she endured and saw during the most impressionable years of her life and still was able to have as she called it 'a happy life'。 It's truly a testament to her mom and their perseverance that they survived the camps。 It's hard to comprehend the atrocities that took place during that time。 Great memoir。 This is a powerful memoir， everything she endured and saw during the most impressionable years of her life and still was able to have as she called it 'a happy life'。 It's truly a testament to her mom and their perseverance that they survived the camps。 It's hard to comprehend the atrocities that took place during that time。 Great memoir。 。。。more

Lori Sinsel Harris ，

This is the true story of Tova Friedman one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz。 She was only 4 years old when she was sent to the first camp with her parents after the Jewish ghetto they lived in in Poland was liquidated。 She was almost 6 when her and her mother were separated from her father and sent to the extermination camp Auschwitz II or Birkenau as we know it， her father was sent to Dachau。 Tova vividly describes the horrors she witnessed during her stay in the camp。 Horrors no young c This is the true story of Tova Friedman one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz。 She was only 4 years old when she was sent to the first camp with her parents after the Jewish ghetto they lived in in Poland was liquidated。 She was almost 6 when her and her mother were separated from her father and sent to the extermination camp Auschwitz II or Birkenau as we know it， her father was sent to Dachau。 Tova vividly describes the horrors she witnessed during her stay in the camp。 Horrors no young child should ever see。 She was left on her own to roam the camp with other children while their mothers worked long hours slaving for the Nazis。 When the end of the war came and the Nazis were clearing the camp， preparing to flee before the Russian troops arrived Tova's mother hid her amongst the dead， saving both of their lives by avoiding going on the Nazis' final death march。 It is horrifying reading Tova's story， to read how casually the young Tova viewed death， not afraid of hiding snuggled up tight with a corpse because as she said， why be afraid of the dead woman， the dead wouldn't hurt her。 No， not like the alive Nazis would。 These experiences are so beyond what I can comprehend， reading her story， her words as she describes what life was like for her。 One of her first memories being in the ghetto and her always hidden underneath a table with a tablecloth， this is where she spent most of her young days。 The train ride in the cattle cars， just everything， it is like reading a horror story。 I cried and cried for the young Tova and the loss of innocence。 I feel as she did， that these stories need to continue to be told， that we need to be reminded of these horrific events， we need to be vigilant and aware so that this history is never again repeated。 This book should be on everyone's required reading list。 Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing， Hanover Square Press and Net Galley for the free ARC， I am leaving my honest review in return。 。。。more

Laura ，

Tola （now Tova） Friedman was a young child when the Second World War began。 She and her parents lived in Poland， in a small town called Tomaszow Mazowiecki。 In this memoir， she relates her experiences from ghetto to work camp to Auschwitz-Birkenau。 She concludes by detailing her post-war life， including the anti-Semitism her family experienced in Poland， driving them to emigrate to the United States and then to Israel。 What an incredible， emotional experience I had reading this memoir。 Tola was Tola （now Tova） Friedman was a young child when the Second World War began。 She and her parents lived in Poland， in a small town called Tomaszow Mazowiecki。 In this memoir， she relates her experiences from ghetto to work camp to Auschwitz-Birkenau。 She concludes by detailing her post-war life， including the anti-Semitism her family experienced in Poland， driving them to emigrate to the United States and then to Israel。 What an incredible， emotional experience I had reading this memoir。 Tola was one of only five Jewish children from her town who lived through the Holocaust。 I’ve read a lot of memoirs about the Holocaust， but I have not read one like this before。 Tola’s memories are so sharp， even though she was only a young child at the time。 Where she couldn’t remember what happened to her family， she inserted pieces she learned from her father or mother， or from her father’s book that he wrote， chronicling his experiences and those of the Jewish community from Tomaszow Mazowiecki。 In her prologue， Tova writes， “Two-thirds of people who were interviewed [in a survey in Sept 2020] had no idea how many Jews died in the Holocaust。 Almost half couldn’t name a single concentration camp or ghetto。 Twenty-three percent believed the Holocaust was a myth or had been exaggerated。 Seventeen percent said it was acceptable to hold neo-Nazi views。” These numbers are terrifying， and I can only hope that Tova’s experiences help people to understand the truth of the Holocaust。 Read this book。 It’s going to be a difficult read， but a necessary one。I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley for review。 。。。more