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Edith's Story (1998)

by Edith Velmans(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0983550565 (ISBN13: 9780983550563)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Van Horton Books

review 1: I liked that this was a little different view of WWII than the normal concentration camp stories. Overall a good read, it is kind of a story about the girls' parents as much as the girl herself, and they were interesting to read about. In one part of the book, the mother breaks her hip, and I was kind of surprised by how long she was in the hospital. I think it ended up being close to a year. Things have sure changed a lot that way!
review 2: A great Holocaust memoir. Edith is a young Dutch Jew and we join her story as the Germans invade her country and start a campaign against her religion. Finally, after persecution and the grim life that follows, she is hidden with a family who risk their lives to keep her safe while her family become separated. It was inte... moreresting to get so much detail about the restrictions placed on daily Jewish life-the segregation,curfews,simple things like not being able to visit your friends houses as they were non Jews. It must have been difficult for children to understand why they can't ride a bike or swim in the river or have non Jewish friends. The book also describes how Edith lives with another family, aching for news of whether her family have evaded the death camps. A moving memoir, well written and it keeps you interested throughout. It also shows the bravery of those wonderful people who did whatever they could to save Jews by taking them into their home, knowing the penalty for doing so.Book Rating: 3.5/5 less

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