Yellow Star
Amazon Publishing · Paperback · June 3, 2014
“In 1945 the war ended.
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- Who it’s for
- Syvia Perlmutter’s true story brings a child’s perspective to survival in the Lodz ghetto.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories, War & Military Stories, Jewish Religious Stories
- Published
- Amazon Publishing, June 3, 2014
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“In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. I was one of the twelve.” For more than fifty years after the war, Syvia, like many Holocaust survivors, did not talk about her experiences in the Lodz ghetto in Poland. She buried her past in order to move forward.
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But finally she decided it was time to share her story, and so she told it to her niece, who has re-told it here using free verse inspired by her aunt. This is the true story of Syvia Perlmutter—a story of courage, heartbreak, and finally survival despite the terrible circumstances in which she grew up. A timeline, historical notes, and an author’s note are included.
History, Intimately
Syvia Perlmutter’s true story brings a child’s perspective to survival in the Lodz ghetto.
Come here for
- A child survivor’s testimony, retold in free verse
- A personal story set against the history of the Lodz ghetto
Expect
- Free verse inspired by a survivor’s own account
- A timeline, historical notes, and an author’s note
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories | 86% |
|---|---|
| War & Military Stories | 33% |
| Jewish Religious Stories | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- European Biographies
- Holocaust Stories
- Jewish Religious Stories
- Authors
- Jennifer Roy
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Published
- June 3, 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- European Biographies