Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II (Italian)

A Moving Diary full of Holocaust Memories She traversed the horrors of the camp and survived there to tell the stories of those less fortunate than her... Poland, 1943. Janina Hescheles, orphan, recites poetry every night with her back to Janowski's camp and the Piaski dunes where thousands of bodies are cremated. Her tormented words attract the attention of the underground movement active in Lvov: Janina is rescued shortly before the destruction of the camp and the consequent extermination of the Jews locked up there. Once in Krakow, Janina is given notebooks and a pencil to capture brutal images of her past in black and white. Thus it was that the twelve-year-old began to record her memories, with fidelity and accuracy, marking events and names of those she had left behind. Hescheles' memoirs begin in June 1941 when the Nazis occupied his beloved city of Lvov. With vivid and attentive memories Janina relives in detail the stages that led to the imprisonment of her friends, family and neighbors in the ghetto. Her unique tale brings to light a little girl's painful longing for her mother and father, both of which were lost during the Third Reich. In this bold story of the innocence of a child torn away in childhood, Hescheles reveals the harsh daily reality of the genocide of the Jews. She was not afraid of being killed, but of being buried alive - the fate reserved for children. Written with immediacy and packed with detailed descriptions of one of history's most atrocious moments, this diary is a stunning example of how a Holocaust survivor did justice to the memory of an entire people. Complete with a recent preface, Hescheles shows how life and hope can continue even after such a tragedy. Lvov. The Holocaust through the eyes of a 12-year-old is a diary of memories that brings to life the memory of an atrocious moment in history. If you are a lover of biographies and first person accounts of historical events, combined with a poignant reading then you will love Janina Hescheles' childhood tale.