I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a searing story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time it is a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was thirteen years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isn't enough food to eat.
You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family-life itself.
Categories Children and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, History
