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Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank
Eva's Story is a gripping account of survival at Auschwitz by the stepsister of Anne Frank. Arrested with her family on her 15th birthday, Eva Geiringer Schloss and her mother survived the horrors of Auschwitz while her brother and father perished at Mauthausen. Eight years after the war her mother married Otto Frank, the only surviving member of the Frank family. Forty years later Eva was finally able to tell her story. It is a courageous account of a mother and daughter, their will to survive, their captors and their rescuers. It is a story of courage one will never forget.
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1997
About the author
Eva Schloss
9 books53 followersFrom Wikipedia: "People Associated with Anne Frank" -
Eva Geiringer shared a remarkably similar history with Anne. The Geiringers lived on the opposite side of Merwedeplein, the square where the Frank's apartment was located, and Eva and Anne were almost exactly the same age. Eva was also a close friend of Sanne Ledermann, and she knew both Anne and Margot.
Eva described herself as an out-and-out tomboy, and hence she was in awe of Anne's fashion sense and worldliness, but she was somewhat puzzled by Anne's fascination with boys. "I had a brother, so boys were no big thing to me" Eva wrote. But Anne had introduced Eva to her father when the Geiringers first came to Amsterdam "so you can speak German with someone" as Anne had said, and Eva never forgot Otto's kindness to her. Though they did know each other on a first-name basis, Eva and Anne were not especially close, as they had different groups of friends aside from their mutual close friendship with Sanne Ledermann.
Eva's brother Heinz was called up for deportation to labor camp on the same day as Margot Frank, and the Geiringers went into hiding at the same time the Franks did, though the Geiringer family split into two groups to do so - Eva and her mother, and Heinz and his father. Though hiding in two separate locations, all four of the Geiringers were betrayed on the same day, about three months before the Frank family.
Eva survived Auschwitz, and when the Russians liberated Birkenau, the women's sector of the camp, she walked the mile-and-a-half distance to the men's camp to look for her father and brother, finding out much later that they had not survived the prisoner march out of Auschwitz. But when she entered the sick barracks of the men's camp, she recognized Otto Frank, and had a warm reunion with him.
Eight years later, Otto married Eva's widowed mother Fritzi, thereby making Eva a stepsister of Anne. Eva later wrote her autobiography Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank,[1] which served as the inspiration for the development of a popular multimedia stage presentation about the Holocaust called And Then They Came for Me.
Eva Geiringer shared a remarkably similar history with Anne. The Geiringers lived on the opposite side of Merwedeplein, the square where the Frank's apartment was located, and Eva and Anne were almost exactly the same age. Eva was also a close friend of Sanne Ledermann, and she knew both Anne and Margot.
Eva described herself as an out-and-out tomboy, and hence she was in awe of Anne's fashion sense and worldliness, but she was somewhat puzzled by Anne's fascination with boys. "I had a brother, so boys were no big thing to me" Eva wrote. But Anne had introduced Eva to her father when the Geiringers first came to Amsterdam "so you can speak German with someone" as Anne had said, and Eva never forgot Otto's kindness to her. Though they did know each other on a first-name basis, Eva and Anne were not especially close, as they had different groups of friends aside from their mutual close friendship with Sanne Ledermann.
Eva's brother Heinz was called up for deportation to labor camp on the same day as Margot Frank, and the Geiringers went into hiding at the same time the Franks did, though the Geiringer family split into two groups to do so - Eva and her mother, and Heinz and his father. Though hiding in two separate locations, all four of the Geiringers were betrayed on the same day, about three months before the Frank family.
Eva survived Auschwitz, and when the Russians liberated Birkenau, the women's sector of the camp, she walked the mile-and-a-half distance to the men's camp to look for her father and brother, finding out much later that they had not survived the prisoner march out of Auschwitz. But when she entered the sick barracks of the men's camp, she recognized Otto Frank, and had a warm reunion with him.
Eight years later, Otto married Eva's widowed mother Fritzi, thereby making Eva a stepsister of Anne. Eva later wrote her autobiography Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank,[1] which served as the inspiration for the development of a popular multimedia stage presentation about the Holocaust called And Then They Came for Me.
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June 26, 2019
It's all about six degrees both for the author and me. I had a small connection with Eva Schloss's mother, who would have been Anne Frank's stepmother, had she lived. There used to be an elegant cafe in Swiss Cottage where there was a dinner-jacketed pianist tinkling the keys of a grand piano with pre-war dance music every afternoon. Most of the customers were very old, well-dressed ladies with powder settled into their wrinkled faces and gold bracelets decorating their arms, the withered skin of which often bore the large and ugly tattoo of a Nazi concentration camp. They were animated and chatty and the few old men there were really in their element. It was like being transported in time to a lost mlttel-European world.
The Viennese pastries were sublime, so I used to go fairly often, sometimes with an older friend who had escaped from Nazi Vienna as a small child walking through Europe with her father, the only survivors of her family. One day she pointed out that there was Anne Frank's stepmother just sitting a couple of tables away from me...
The author's real connection with Anne Frank was that her mother married Anne's father after the war. So calling her a step-sister is perhaps legally correct, but Anne had been dead for years by the time they were 'related'. The title and blurb are there to sell the book. Eva Schloss had previously written a book about her time in Auschwitz, Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank and as the title of that one gives away too, it is all designed to play on her tenuous connection with Anne Frank.
The first half of the book is entirely about Schloss's family, mostly in Vienna. She did meet Anne Frank when they moved to Holland but they weren't friends. I got no further than this first half because it was overblown, badly-written and seemingly not edited for content and lacked interest. If a book is boring... Life is short and so I dnf'd it and moved on.
The Viennese pastries were sublime, so I used to go fairly often, sometimes with an older friend who had escaped from Nazi Vienna as a small child walking through Europe with her father, the only survivors of her family. One day she pointed out that there was Anne Frank's stepmother just sitting a couple of tables away from me...
The author's real connection with Anne Frank was that her mother married Anne's father after the war. So calling her a step-sister is perhaps legally correct, but Anne had been dead for years by the time they were 'related'. The title and blurb are there to sell the book. Eva Schloss had previously written a book about her time in Auschwitz, Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank and as the title of that one gives away too, it is all designed to play on her tenuous connection with Anne Frank.
The first half of the book is entirely about Schloss's family, mostly in Vienna. She did meet Anne Frank when they moved to Holland but they weren't friends. I got no further than this first half because it was overblown, badly-written and seemingly not edited for content and lacked interest. If a book is boring... Life is short and so I dnf'd it and moved on.
January 11, 2019
A Course in Miracles
I always experience a sense of greatness and smallness, whenever I read about Auschwitz survivors.
Greatness, cos they were all ordinary people -- anonimous human beings like most of us, who found some hidden powers which granted them life, while 6 million others like them, perished.
Therefore, since I'm also human, ordinary, and anonimous, by aplying the induction principle, I conclude that it's quite likely for me to have those very same fabulous powers hidden somewhere!...
Smallness, cos so far, I haven't the slightest idea where that somewhere must be!
But I eagerly want to uncover those magnificent powers, and that's why I persistently keep on reading these Auschwitz bios.
I'm investigating what they all have in common, cos the key to those super powers hiding place must come from there...
And so far, here's what I got:
Focus+Despair -- all of them had a strong, desperate will to live.
Faith+Despair -- they desperately erased any doubts about their survivance.
Hope+Love -- they always pictured a happily ever after: once the war would be over, they watched themselves rebuilding their lives, with the helping hand of their beloved ones
I believe the miracle of their survivance, was somehow born by the combination of these 3 items!
And the presence of Despair, makes all the difference -- I see it as a miracles catalyst, cos it's a reliable source of strenght!
But that Despair was generated by those hedious, horrifying conditions they were suffering!
Hence, I'm bound to believe we are depending on the terror element to become Super!...
Knowing these Auschwitz survivors, is like having a course in miracles!...
Thank you so much, Eva Schloss, you gave a five stars contribution to my miracles project, and I'm quite happy to return them to you :)
I certainly got further on the miracles businness, after knowing you ;)
I always experience a sense of greatness and smallness, whenever I read about Auschwitz survivors.
Greatness, cos they were all ordinary people -- anonimous human beings like most of us, who found some hidden powers which granted them life, while 6 million others like them, perished.
Therefore, since I'm also human, ordinary, and anonimous, by aplying the induction principle, I conclude that it's quite likely for me to have those very same fabulous powers hidden somewhere!...
Smallness, cos so far, I haven't the slightest idea where that somewhere must be!
But I eagerly want to uncover those magnificent powers, and that's why I persistently keep on reading these Auschwitz bios.
I'm investigating what they all have in common, cos the key to those super powers hiding place must come from there...
And so far, here's what I got:
Focus+Despair -- all of them had a strong, desperate will to live.
Faith+Despair -- they desperately erased any doubts about their survivance.
Hope+Love -- they always pictured a happily ever after: once the war would be over, they watched themselves rebuilding their lives, with the helping hand of their beloved ones
I believe the miracle of their survivance, was somehow born by the combination of these 3 items!
And the presence of Despair, makes all the difference -- I see it as a miracles catalyst, cos it's a reliable source of strenght!
But that Despair was generated by those hedious, horrifying conditions they were suffering!
Hence, I'm bound to believe we are depending on the terror element to become Super!...
Knowing these Auschwitz survivors, is like having a course in miracles!...
Thank you so much, Eva Schloss, you gave a five stars contribution to my miracles project, and I'm quite happy to return them to you :)
I certainly got further on the miracles businness, after knowing you ;)
January 15, 2019
O Poder Infinito da Esperança
6 milhões de judeus pereceram no Holocausto!
Eva Schloss sobreviveu:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nycwBqx...
Na entrevista que acabaram de ver, Eva Schloss atribui a sua sobrevivência a um misto de esperança e milagres.
Porém, pergunto-me se não terá sido a esperança -- a sua determinação obstinada em prosseguir com a vida -- a fautora de tais milagres?!...
Se é verdade que enquanto há vida há esperança, a recíproca não me parece menos verdadeira:
Enquanto houver esperança, haverá vida!...
São múltiplos e variados, os ensinamentos a retirar do Holocausto!
Porém, parece-me possível sumarizá-los numa questão única:
Será que os Deuses e Demónios, não passam de meras projecções das cores mais extremas do espectro da alma humana?!...
5 estrelas para Eva Schloss!!!
6 milhões de judeus pereceram no Holocausto!
Eva Schloss sobreviveu:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nycwBqx...
Na entrevista que acabaram de ver, Eva Schloss atribui a sua sobrevivência a um misto de esperança e milagres.
Porém, pergunto-me se não terá sido a esperança -- a sua determinação obstinada em prosseguir com a vida -- a fautora de tais milagres?!...
Se é verdade que enquanto há vida há esperança, a recíproca não me parece menos verdadeira:
Enquanto houver esperança, haverá vida!...
São múltiplos e variados, os ensinamentos a retirar do Holocausto!
Porém, parece-me possível sumarizá-los numa questão única:
Será que os Deuses e Demónios, não passam de meras projecções das cores mais extremas do espectro da alma humana?!...
5 estrelas para Eva Schloss!!!
April 10, 2018
The Infinite Power of Hope
6 millions of jews perished in the Holocaust!
Eva Schloss survived!
How did she do it?
Hope? Luck? Miracles?...
She said in an interview that if it wasn't for hope, she wouldn't be there sitting and talking to her interviewer.
Not just hope -- she adds -- cos she was also blessed with some miracles!
I believe those miracles were conquered by her determination to go on living -- they happened, to testify the infinite power of hope!...
All in all, there's a great lesson in Holocaust:
It seems like Gods and Demons are nothing but mere projections of two extreme opposite colours we can spot in human soul's spectrum!
6 millions of jews perished in the Holocaust!
Eva Schloss survived!
How did she do it?
Hope? Luck? Miracles?...
She said in an interview that if it wasn't for hope, she wouldn't be there sitting and talking to her interviewer.
Not just hope -- she adds -- cos she was also blessed with some miracles!
I believe those miracles were conquered by her determination to go on living -- they happened, to testify the infinite power of hope!...
All in all, there's a great lesson in Holocaust:
It seems like Gods and Demons are nothing but mere projections of two extreme opposite colours we can spot in human soul's spectrum!
June 29, 2019
So hard to rate this book, a compelling account of a young girl who lived in the same street as Anne Frank and met her briefly before the war. At the age of 15, Eva was arrested and with her family sent to a concentration camp. The conditions were horrendous and by some amazing luck
After the war Eva's mother married Otto Frank and they began their life work to keep Anne's memory alive. The work they did was all consuming and you could see how in one way this was an enormous help to Otto, a positive way to help keep Anne's memory alive but in some ways perhaps this kept Anne so present he didn't move on, although he also seemed to have been a great person to be around it feels that perhaps his work kept his sadness very present.
Around half the book followed Eva's life after their liberation. I'm not sure that this worked for me, reading about the concentration camps in half the book and then going straight on to reading about domestic life, opening an antique shop and grandchildren.
The first half of the book was an interesting account by a holocaust survivor.
After the war Eva's mother married Otto Frank and they began their life work to keep Anne's memory alive. The work they did was all consuming and you could see how in one way this was an enormous help to Otto, a positive way to help keep Anne's memory alive but in some ways perhaps this kept Anne so present he didn't move on, although he also seemed to have been a great person to be around it feels that perhaps his work kept his sadness very present.
Around half the book followed Eva's life after their liberation. I'm not sure that this worked for me, reading about the concentration camps in half the book and then going straight on to reading about domestic life, opening an antique shop and grandchildren.
The first half of the book was an interesting account by a holocaust survivor.
April 23, 2013
"A few months ago I finished speaking, and looked down at a class of schoolchildren. A Somali girl with dark eyes hesitantly put her hand up and asked, 'Do you think it will happen again?' I can't answer that, but maybe you can. Will it? I hope not."
In this short and direct conclusion, Eva Schloss sums up her life story with a single wish, never again. Schloss' book is gritty and painful to read, like any Holocaust memoir must be. However, this hope permeates through the darkness. Her hope for a better world, and a place without this senseless cruelty shines through the fear, the pain, and the unimaginable loss. This is not Anne Frank as a grown up, so please do not confuse the two tales. Eva Schloss is a woman all her own, and a strong one at that.
In this short and direct conclusion, Eva Schloss sums up her life story with a single wish, never again. Schloss' book is gritty and painful to read, like any Holocaust memoir must be. However, this hope permeates through the darkness. Her hope for a better world, and a place without this senseless cruelty shines through the fear, the pain, and the unimaginable loss. This is not Anne Frank as a grown up, so please do not confuse the two tales. Eva Schloss is a woman all her own, and a strong one at that.
January 5, 2020
“A lo largo de mi vida he visto avances técnicos increíbles. Cuando nací era raro tener un coche con motor, pero en la época en que cumplí cuarenta años el ser humano había aterrizado en la Luna. Curamos enfermedades, fabricamos armas nucleares, conocemos el mapa de nuestro ADN, navegamos por la red informática y desarrollamos alimentos y medicinas genéticamente modificados. [...] Sin embargo, en términos de humanidad, parece que en miles de años de experiencia hemos avanzado bien poco.”
No creo que existan palabras posibles para describir este libro.
Ha representado todo un homenaje para todas aquellas personas injustamente tratadas en el período más negro de la historia de la humanidad, donde absolutamente ninguna creencia o ideología justificará sus motivos. Para mi, que tuve un familiar sobreviviente de este episodio, significa mucho más de lo que puedo expresar en este review.
La historia tan simple pero a la vez tan compleja, reflejada a través de los sentimientos de la escritora, te hace reflexionar y cuestionarte muchas cosas sobre cómo vivimos hoy, y que a pesar de los avances de la ciencia y la tecnología, la humanidad sigue peleando por ideales muertos, por un pasado que no sabemos enterrar y por una intolerancia a la diferencia.
Para mí este libro ha marcado un antes y un después, lo guardaré por siempre en mis favoritos, y cada vez que sienta que una situación me consume, rememoraré la historia de los verdaderos sobrevivientes.
Gracias Eva Schloss por contarnos tu historia, que para mi debería trascender aún más que la de Ana Frank.
100% recomendado
“Recuerdo la nocturna procesión de niños y más niños, tan asustados, tan callados, tan bonitos. Si pudiéramos ver tan solo a uno de ellos se nos partiría el alma. En cambio a los asesinos no se les partió el alma. Más duro, sin embargo, es haberlo vivido.”
No creo que existan palabras posibles para describir este libro.
Ha representado todo un homenaje para todas aquellas personas injustamente tratadas en el período más negro de la historia de la humanidad, donde absolutamente ninguna creencia o ideología justificará sus motivos. Para mi, que tuve un familiar sobreviviente de este episodio, significa mucho más de lo que puedo expresar en este review.
La historia tan simple pero a la vez tan compleja, reflejada a través de los sentimientos de la escritora, te hace reflexionar y cuestionarte muchas cosas sobre cómo vivimos hoy, y que a pesar de los avances de la ciencia y la tecnología, la humanidad sigue peleando por ideales muertos, por un pasado que no sabemos enterrar y por una intolerancia a la diferencia.
Para mí este libro ha marcado un antes y un después, lo guardaré por siempre en mis favoritos, y cada vez que sienta que una situación me consume, rememoraré la historia de los verdaderos sobrevivientes.
Gracias Eva Schloss por contarnos tu historia, que para mi debería trascender aún más que la de Ana Frank.
100% recomendado
“Recuerdo la nocturna procesión de niños y más niños, tan asustados, tan callados, tan bonitos. Si pudiéramos ver tan solo a uno de ellos se nos partiría el alma. En cambio a los asesinos no se les partió el alma. Más duro, sin embargo, es haberlo vivido.”
July 25, 2015
A powerful and well-written memoir of the Holocaust. I always can find room to read one more memoir because while everyone's story is similar, they are all unique. I appreciated how direct Eva was in sharing her story, and also the inclusion of life before the war. Reading about the moving around/sense of homelessness the family experienced during the war but before the camps was something I hadn't really considered before...I'm sure that "slow transition" helped Eva and her mother survive. I have always been fascinated with Anne Frank, so reading about the survival of her father and his "new family" was also a draw for me. A quick read!
January 10, 2019
A minha opinião em vídeo: https://youtu.be/4qJOZcXUjsI
January 18, 2024
E infiorator ca desi am citit atat de multe carti despre holocaust, tot ma infior si am un gol in stomac de fiecare data cand descopar aceeasi fata a lui, dar spusa cu alte cuvinte.
Povestea Evei ne relateaza copilaria ei, deportarea la Auschwitz si viata ei de dupa razboi. Sunt putine relatarile supravietuitorilor lagarelor de concentrare de dupa razboi. Multi se concentreaza pe ce au trait acolo, insa putini sunt cei care au curaj sa ne spuna cum s-au readaptat in societate, cum au reusit sa nu-si piarda credinta si sa-si cladeasca o familie. Asta mi-a placut la aceasta poveste, s-a concentrat mult pe viata ei de dupa Auschwitz si e impresionant ce efort trebuie sa depuna un astfel de suflet chinuit ca sa redevina "normal". Ororile pe care le-au indurat in lagar ma marcheaza mereu, desi am mai citit despre ele, mereu capata o noua identitate fiind relatate de o alta voce. Ma socheaza, nu ce au indurat acesti oameni, ci ceea ce au foat capabili alti oameni sa le faca semenilor lor. Tragedia in asta consta mai mult, ca nazistii au fost in stare de asa fapte macabre, si mai mult, multi dintre ei care au fost judecati dupa razboi, nu au regretat niciodata faptele lor. Asta mie mi se pare crunt. Si incredibil de trist. Va recomand povestea Evei.
Povestea Evei ne relateaza copilaria ei, deportarea la Auschwitz si viata ei de dupa razboi. Sunt putine relatarile supravietuitorilor lagarelor de concentrare de dupa razboi. Multi se concentreaza pe ce au trait acolo, insa putini sunt cei care au curaj sa ne spuna cum s-au readaptat in societate, cum au reusit sa nu-si piarda credinta si sa-si cladeasca o familie. Asta mi-a placut la aceasta poveste, s-a concentrat mult pe viata ei de dupa Auschwitz si e impresionant ce efort trebuie sa depuna un astfel de suflet chinuit ca sa redevina "normal". Ororile pe care le-au indurat in lagar ma marcheaza mereu, desi am mai citit despre ele, mereu capata o noua identitate fiind relatate de o alta voce. Ma socheaza, nu ce au indurat acesti oameni, ci ceea ce au foat capabili alti oameni sa le faca semenilor lor. Tragedia in asta consta mai mult, ca nazistii au fost in stare de asa fapte macabre, si mai mult, multi dintre ei care au fost judecati dupa razboi, nu au regretat niciodata faptele lor. Asta mie mi se pare crunt. Si incredibil de trist. Va recomand povestea Evei.
March 30, 2014
A powerful, direct book. I believe the Author was definitely inlfuenced by her time in Holland, becauseher style is in a way "very dutch" - straightforward, candid, focusing on a true account and sharing even emption in a streamlined way...
Anyway, one of the aspects of the book that I most loved was the fact tat it satrted BEFORE the camps and it finnished around 2012. The gift of this is twofold: on the one hand, it brings a lot of color into the story, not just the helpless grey of stories completely within the limits of the camps; on the other hand, I loved the life in Austria when the Author's family was still just "another family" with a social and cultural life, in a city that was lively, cultured and full of joy.
The most important message, of course, has to do with tolerance and also an ALERT about our time: is fundamentalism and bigotry coming back? Are dictatorships forming right now? One must be AWAKE and attentive in theface of danger and war.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon, 30th. March 2014.
Anyway, one of the aspects of the book that I most loved was the fact tat it satrted BEFORE the camps and it finnished around 2012. The gift of this is twofold: on the one hand, it brings a lot of color into the story, not just the helpless grey of stories completely within the limits of the camps; on the other hand, I loved the life in Austria when the Author's family was still just "another family" with a social and cultural life, in a city that was lively, cultured and full of joy.
The most important message, of course, has to do with tolerance and also an ALERT about our time: is fundamentalism and bigotry coming back? Are dictatorships forming right now? One must be AWAKE and attentive in theface of danger and war.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon, 30th. March 2014.
August 10, 2018
Todos os livros sobre a segunda guerra mundial conquistam-me de uma forma diferente, cada um fica com um pouco de mim. Este livro é tão pessoal e tão humano. Este livro relembra que a segunda guerra mundial não é apenas uma história, foi real e houve muito sofrimento durante e mesmo depois da guerra. São marcas que ficaram gravadas e que nunca desapareceram.
January 20, 2021
Leitura para os projetos #hol76 e #lererespeitarahistoria
Eva Schloss conta-nos a sua história de vida desde a sua infância até à sua velhice.
Com 15 anos foi capturada e enviada para Auschwitz juntamente com a mãe, o irmão Heinz e o pai. Chegados ao campo de concentração as mulheres foram separadas dos homens.
É um testemunho cru, emotivo e que emociona, da realidade passada neste inferno que foram os campos de concentração Nazi.
Mas também relata a sua libertação e o regresso à vida fora do campo, como foi recomeçar do zero numa Europa devastada pela guerra.
Uma leitura que gostei muito de fazer, que emocionou e que recomendo a quem gosta de ler sobre o tema.
Eva Schloss conta-nos a sua história de vida desde a sua infância até à sua velhice.
Com 15 anos foi capturada e enviada para Auschwitz juntamente com a mãe, o irmão Heinz e o pai. Chegados ao campo de concentração as mulheres foram separadas dos homens.
É um testemunho cru, emotivo e que emociona, da realidade passada neste inferno que foram os campos de concentração Nazi.
Mas também relata a sua libertação e o regresso à vida fora do campo, como foi recomeçar do zero numa Europa devastada pela guerra.
Uma leitura que gostei muito de fazer, que emocionou e que recomendo a quem gosta de ler sobre o tema.
March 23, 2024
In copertina possiamo leggere che "questo libro inizia dove finisce il Diario di Anna Frank"... ed è proprio così, visto che questo lavoro, in pratica, non è altro che una impressionante documentazione "in presa diretta" degli orrori nazisti da parte di Eva Schloss, una sopravvissuta al campo di concentramento di Auschwitz e coetanea della più famosa Anna. Altro legame che unisce le due ragazzine è il fatto che, una volta scampati e tornati da Auschwitz, il padre di Anna sposa la madre di Eva. Soprattutto, però, assistiamo anche al "ritorno alla vita" della protagonista di questo lavoro e dei suoi sacrifici per reinserirsi nella vita (sia per affettiva che lavorativa) di tutti i giorni. Ne consiglio assolutamente la lettura.
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March 23, 2015
"After Auschwitz" is a very moving autobiography of Eva Schloss.
While everyone is aware of Anne Frank because of her diary and her museum, not many know about Eva. Anne's father lost her wife and her daughters. He later married Eva's mother who had lost her husband and her son in the holocaust.
Eva survived after spending time at the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is her story before and after the horrific days.
As expected from any survivor's tale, it is extremely moving and at times painful to read. She was a little girl from a well to do family and is suddenly forced to flee her home, her friends and her life in Austria. They keep running and hiding till they are caught by the Nazis when they were hiding in Amsterdam.
This entire part makes you realize how soon your life can change.
Apart from the time, what is also interesting to read how the survivors tried to cope with their life after the war was over. She beautifully captures this by simply stating that while she was in the camp for only 3 years, she had aged many many years. When she went to school, she felt far more matured than most of the other teenagers. What she found most disturbing was that no ne seemed to be aware of what had happened to her. They were all busy with their lives as if absolutely nothing had happened.
The fact that it took several months for the bodies to re-adjust to basic food is such a simple thing to write but reflects so much about the hard times they had to go through.
Eva later moved away from her shy behaviour and became a speaker recounting her experiences and making people aware of the atrocities.
The only reason I have a star less in my rating is during the end, she digress from the core point to more on her family, her issues with her mother in law etc. which I believe totally dilutes the core message of the book.
While everyone is aware of Anne Frank because of her diary and her museum, not many know about Eva. Anne's father lost her wife and her daughters. He later married Eva's mother who had lost her husband and her son in the holocaust.
Eva survived after spending time at the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is her story before and after the horrific days.
As expected from any survivor's tale, it is extremely moving and at times painful to read. She was a little girl from a well to do family and is suddenly forced to flee her home, her friends and her life in Austria. They keep running and hiding till they are caught by the Nazis when they were hiding in Amsterdam.
This entire part makes you realize how soon your life can change.
Apart from the time, what is also interesting to read how the survivors tried to cope with their life after the war was over. She beautifully captures this by simply stating that while she was in the camp for only 3 years, she had aged many many years. When she went to school, she felt far more matured than most of the other teenagers. What she found most disturbing was that no ne seemed to be aware of what had happened to her. They were all busy with their lives as if absolutely nothing had happened.
The fact that it took several months for the bodies to re-adjust to basic food is such a simple thing to write but reflects so much about the hard times they had to go through.
Eva later moved away from her shy behaviour and became a speaker recounting her experiences and making people aware of the atrocities.
The only reason I have a star less in my rating is during the end, she digress from the core point to more on her family, her issues with her mother in law etc. which I believe totally dilutes the core message of the book.
August 21, 2013
This is the story of Eva who as a teenager survives the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Her mother later marries Anne Frank's father.
The account is exactly what you expect - gruesome and hard to take. The way it is written, which is very factual and almost business-like, helps decrease the sense of horror that the material gives. Although the content in many places is identical to Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller,(which I happen to be reading at the same time as this book)this one, whilst being a real account, I found easier to read!
I disagree with others who have stated they thought Eva was jealous of the attention given to Anne - Eva lived through it herself and her account is valid in its own right. Eva manages to stay with her mother throughout her ordeal and they have many times when their lives are held by the whim of an order, or the transport van was full up as they got to the front of the queue or other close misses.
These first person accounts are precious and should be more widely read in an era where there are people who doubt the holocaust actually took place.
The account is exactly what you expect - gruesome and hard to take. The way it is written, which is very factual and almost business-like, helps decrease the sense of horror that the material gives. Although the content in many places is identical to Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller,(which I happen to be reading at the same time as this book)this one, whilst being a real account, I found easier to read!
I disagree with others who have stated they thought Eva was jealous of the attention given to Anne - Eva lived through it herself and her account is valid in its own right. Eva manages to stay with her mother throughout her ordeal and they have many times when their lives are held by the whim of an order, or the transport van was full up as they got to the front of the queue or other close misses.
These first person accounts are precious and should be more widely read in an era where there are people who doubt the holocaust actually took place.
May 7, 2015
Si hubiera que elegir una palabra para describir este libro seria "revelador" he leído muchas cosas sobre el holocausto, pero todas iban mas o menos al mismo punto, la historia de algún superviviente de campo de concentración, pero este libro es como un respiro de tanta amargura y tanto dolor , es una espiral de los sinsentidos que vivieron los que salieron "vivos" a duras penas, que pasa después, como vives con la culpa de haber sobrevivido, como lo hiciste? Que suerte te acompaño... Y sobre todo que haces después de que visitaste el infierno y viste la cara de la muerte, que paso después? Este libro revela exactamente esos sentimientos, la culpa de una adolescente por haber sobrevivido a su padre y hermano y la lucha por no olvidas jamas, un libro precioso, bien escrito, indispensable y rápido , lo leí en un solo día y me queda claro una cosa... No hemos aprendido nada
June 25, 2020
This was an excellent, fairly quick read. Very sad and disturbing in parts, as all personal accounts of the Holocaust are, but uplifting also. This book was made especially poignant as the author is the posthumous step-sister of Anne Frank.
September 18, 2021
No words. Recommand.
February 4, 2017
"Mamã, isto é o fim do mundo?"
Eva Schloss conta-nos a história da sua vida. Uma história sobre coragem, sobrevivência e esperança, apesar de todos os acontecimentos exteriores e independentes do controlo individual. Do conforto da sua acolhedora casa de família, movida pela subida ao poder de Hitler, Eva viaja com a sua família até que têm de se dividir. Com a mãe vive numa pensão e mais tarde numa casa de holandeses que ajudavam judeus até serem apanhadas e serem enviadas para o campo de concentração de Auschwitz. Eva fez 15 anos no dia que foi apanhada pelos nazis.
"Em termos de humanidade, parece que milhares de anos de experiência não implicaram muitos progressos."
A degradação e destruição das vidas dos Judeus na Europa começou muito antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial. A sua perseguição e assassino continua a ser um dos maiores exemplos da desumanidade dos humanos. A liberdade começou a ser controlada e depois reduzida até ser eliminada das suas vidas. Milhões de Judeus foram assassinados e os que sobreviveram viram o seu mundo reduzido ao interior de quatro paredes, em casa de amigos ou vizinhos que lhes ofereçam um esconderijo. Eva teve de sobreviver a um campo de concentração, sentir e ver o medo, a morte e a dor. No livro relata alguns dos acontecimentos que vivenciou enquanto esteve em Auschwitz.
"Só quando estamos presos ou incapacitados é que nos damos conta de que um dia é um longo espaço de tempo que se pode prolongar indefinidamente."
Durante parte desta leitura, tentei esquecer que o livro era de não-ficção, para poder lidar melhor com algumas descrições e detalhes. Contudo, a primeira parte e a segunda metade do livro são menos pesadas, oferecendo um relato pessoal da vida da escritora, desde de acontecimentos como mortes, casamentos e nascimentos a sentimentos mais íntimos.
"A justiça deve existir neste mundo, caso contrário não existe.
Eva Schloss conta-nos a história da sua vida. Uma história sobre coragem, sobrevivência e esperança, apesar de todos os acontecimentos exteriores e independentes do controlo individual. Do conforto da sua acolhedora casa de família, movida pela subida ao poder de Hitler, Eva viaja com a sua família até que têm de se dividir. Com a mãe vive numa pensão e mais tarde numa casa de holandeses que ajudavam judeus até serem apanhadas e serem enviadas para o campo de concentração de Auschwitz. Eva fez 15 anos no dia que foi apanhada pelos nazis.
"Em termos de humanidade, parece que milhares de anos de experiência não implicaram muitos progressos."
A degradação e destruição das vidas dos Judeus na Europa começou muito antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial. A sua perseguição e assassino continua a ser um dos maiores exemplos da desumanidade dos humanos. A liberdade começou a ser controlada e depois reduzida até ser eliminada das suas vidas. Milhões de Judeus foram assassinados e os que sobreviveram viram o seu mundo reduzido ao interior de quatro paredes, em casa de amigos ou vizinhos que lhes ofereçam um esconderijo. Eva teve de sobreviver a um campo de concentração, sentir e ver o medo, a morte e a dor. No livro relata alguns dos acontecimentos que vivenciou enquanto esteve em Auschwitz.
"Só quando estamos presos ou incapacitados é que nos damos conta de que um dia é um longo espaço de tempo que se pode prolongar indefinidamente."
Durante parte desta leitura, tentei esquecer que o livro era de não-ficção, para poder lidar melhor com algumas descrições e detalhes. Contudo, a primeira parte e a segunda metade do livro são menos pesadas, oferecendo um relato pessoal da vida da escritora, desde de acontecimentos como mortes, casamentos e nascimentos a sentimentos mais íntimos.
"A justiça deve existir neste mundo, caso contrário não existe.
January 19, 2022
Por mucho que lea sobre los horrores de la segunda guerra mundial, siempre encuentro detalles nuevos en cada lectura.
Me gusto mucho este libro de memorias; se percibe como escuchar a Eva Schloss contar sus experiencias antes, durante y después de Auschwitz. Pese a todo el horror que vivió, sus pensamientos posteriores y su ponencia final en el epílogo resultan muy significativos.
Dos frases reúnen para mi el espíritu del libro:
1. Este libro reúne algunas de mis memorias de aquella época, pero el recuerdo debería tener menos peso en el mundo que las actuaciones para cambiar las cosas a mejor.
2. Hay que armarce de valor para alzar la voz cuando presencias una injusticia. Pero tienes voz.
Lectura mas que recomendada.
Me gusto mucho este libro de memorias; se percibe como escuchar a Eva Schloss contar sus experiencias antes, durante y después de Auschwitz. Pese a todo el horror que vivió, sus pensamientos posteriores y su ponencia final en el epílogo resultan muy significativos.
Dos frases reúnen para mi el espíritu del libro:
1. Este libro reúne algunas de mis memorias de aquella época, pero el recuerdo debería tener menos peso en el mundo que las actuaciones para cambiar las cosas a mejor.
2. Hay que armarce de valor para alzar la voz cuando presencias una injusticia. Pero tienes voz.
Lectura mas que recomendada.
August 3, 2013
Very interesting and well-written story. Surprisingly even though I wanted to keep reading it didn't move me as much as I thought it would. perhaps if it had been written more from the heart it would have. It is in the voice of someone standing back from the events and maybe that is because Eva has never really let herself fully feel what happened to her or let others see her pain. Well worth a read.
April 13, 2015
I could not even try to give this a justified review.
Eva's 15th birthday she was captured by the Nazi's and taken to Auschwitz. There she endured so many things unimaginable. After liberation, her mother married Otto Frank, Anne Franks father, and we hear Eva tell what it was like before, during, & after Auschwitz.
Words cannot describe. That is all.
Eva's 15th birthday she was captured by the Nazi's and taken to Auschwitz. There she endured so many things unimaginable. After liberation, her mother married Otto Frank, Anne Franks father, and we hear Eva tell what it was like before, during, & after Auschwitz.
Words cannot describe. That is all.
September 22, 2022
Finally, I have read a book about Eva Schloss whom she is the stepsister of Anne Frank. She wrote her book is called “After Auschwitz”. This is an incredible and honest account of how an ordinary person survived the Holocaust. I truly enjoy reading her memories and descriptions are heartbreakingly clear, her account brings the horrors as close it can possibly be. You will read the story of her early life, during the war and the aftermath. She was born in Austria with a loving parent and a brother whom she loves very much. Her family had to flee to Amsterdam, where she had become a neighbour and a friend of Anne Frank. Her family became quick friends with the Frank family, in 1930’s. In the book is not about Anne. It is about Eva. As a result, I understand, Eva mother marries Otto after the war in 1953. She describes her stepfather was an excellent photographer, and Eva soon follows in his footsteps to be a photographer. She also mentions Otto was a wonderful stepfather to her and the grandchildren. She continues to work to follow in honour of her stepfather’s beloved daughter, Anne Frank book that is her legacy is never forgotten. I’m glad I brought this book and will stay with me for a long time.
August 2, 2018
Eva's Story
By Eva Schloss
A couple of years ago I took a stand at The Newark 'Books in the Castle' Festival (now the Newark Arts Festival). I was setting out the table with my books and chatting casually to the other exhibitors as I usually do, and at the next stand was an old lady (I hope should wouldn't mind me calling her that) and she told me that she was Anne Franks's step-sister. I was disoriented for some minutes - Anne Frank was a historical figure, wasn't she? This can't be Anne Franks step-sister, can it? Not in 2016.
But I was wrong, and I spent some wonderful moments talking to her. I bought a copy of her book, Eva's Story, but this was before I joined Goodreads. I have just re-read it, and I am happy to recommend it to you. This is a memoir, an account of her time enduring the horrors of Nazism. If I were reviewing any other book, I would have said that that the author's style was too simplistic, that it lacked the imagery, but then imagery is not needed here. In a plain and straightforward way, she tells her understated story and the hell that she endured breaks through the simple words with the power of a lightning bolt.
From the years of hiding from the Nazi's in Amsterdam to her families capture after an informer took money to reveal them, to forced marches and cattle train journeys across Europe, to imprisonment in Birkenau and Auschwitz and the dehumanisation that she and her mother endured there. But by a miracle, they both survived to be rescued by the Red Army, but her father and brother did not being killed on a forced march in the final weeks of the war.
The story of Eva carries on where Anne Frank's ends. Eva was a similar age to Anne, her playmate and posthumous step-sister, being only 15 when imprisoned in Auschwitz. Having personally met her the horrors that she relates are all the more potent to me.
By Eva Schloss
A couple of years ago I took a stand at The Newark 'Books in the Castle' Festival (now the Newark Arts Festival). I was setting out the table with my books and chatting casually to the other exhibitors as I usually do, and at the next stand was an old lady (I hope should wouldn't mind me calling her that) and she told me that she was Anne Franks's step-sister. I was disoriented for some minutes - Anne Frank was a historical figure, wasn't she? This can't be Anne Franks step-sister, can it? Not in 2016.
But I was wrong, and I spent some wonderful moments talking to her. I bought a copy of her book, Eva's Story, but this was before I joined Goodreads. I have just re-read it, and I am happy to recommend it to you. This is a memoir, an account of her time enduring the horrors of Nazism. If I were reviewing any other book, I would have said that that the author's style was too simplistic, that it lacked the imagery, but then imagery is not needed here. In a plain and straightforward way, she tells her understated story and the hell that she endured breaks through the simple words with the power of a lightning bolt.
From the years of hiding from the Nazi's in Amsterdam to her families capture after an informer took money to reveal them, to forced marches and cattle train journeys across Europe, to imprisonment in Birkenau and Auschwitz and the dehumanisation that she and her mother endured there. But by a miracle, they both survived to be rescued by the Red Army, but her father and brother did not being killed on a forced march in the final weeks of the war.
The story of Eva carries on where Anne Frank's ends. Eva was a similar age to Anne, her playmate and posthumous step-sister, being only 15 when imprisoned in Auschwitz. Having personally met her the horrors that she relates are all the more potent to me.
January 19, 2009
I loved this book. Eva is the posthumous step sister of Anne Frank. Her story is the basis for a play called "And Then They Came for Me". I first saw the play as it was the high school production in Dec 2008. My son was in the play. Eva Geiringer Schloss attended each production. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for us all as she did Q and A after each show. She also just happens to live within blocks of my house here in London!!
June 4, 2016
Muito bom! Apesar de ser manifestamente o meu tipo de livro preferido (história verídica num momento histórico importante) penso que toda a gente irá gostar.
Gostei especialmente de saber mais detalhadamente o desenrolar da 2ª Guerra Mundial.
Recomendo!!!
Gostei especialmente de saber mais detalhadamente o desenrolar da 2ª Guerra Mundial.
Recomendo!!!
October 15, 2019
I loved this book but I KNOW I’ve read it before under a different title?!
January 27, 2021
"Everything you do leaves something behind; nothing gets lost. All the good you accomplished will continue in the lives of the people you have touched. It will make a difference to someone, somewhere, sometime, and your achievements will be carried on."
The Holocaust was one of the most sickning, disgusting and darkest events of our History. Whenever I read a story about what someone went through during that time, it breaks my heart to think that the person of that story wasn't the only one. That thousands of other people - innocent people - went through that as well. It breaks my heart to think of how many lives were destroyed, how many people were killed, how many children didn't even get a chance to grow, all because they were different, all because one man didn't like them and convinced an entire country that every problem was their fault. It is sickning, it is disgusting, it is heartbreaking. It is wrong.
What Eva Schloss, her family and many other people went through is wrong. Wrong in so, so many ways. Wrong because Eva was just a child and so were so many other girls and boys sent to the same place. Wrong because her family was destroyed because of the vagaries of one man and so were so many other families. Wrong because thousands of people suffered a fate worst than death without doing anything to deserve it.
And no matter how many stars I give a book that talks about that time, a book that tells the story of one of those people, that won't ever change. It was wrong and these books always succeed to pass the right message - to remember one more life, to become one more evidence of why we can't let the mistakes of our past repeat themselves.
But After Auschwitz really didn't work for me. I can't even start to imagine what this woman who seems so kind, who seems so good went through. The horrors, the fear, the loss she felt. How badly that probably affected her. I can't imagine that. And I will be the first to admire her for trying to write about that and share her story with the world not being sure of how it will be received. But I truly think that the writing style, the way the story is told, makes Eva Schloss seem too distant, too cold. The numbers she shares are outrageous, but she couldn't know them then and to include them makes the story sound too analitic, too rational.
The only part of the book where I could actually connect with Eva was the beginning. Those chapters when she talks about before the hell, before Auschwitz. I could feel Eva's love while she told the reader about how her life was before. Her affection towards her father and her brother was clear, impossible to ignore. Those emotions were clear, the reader could feel them.
However, when the part about Auschwitz starts, those emotions are gone. The narrative becomes too analitic, filled with too many numbers and facts instead of feelings. That may have been Eva's way of distancing herself and not being forced to remember those nightmares. And that's fine, that's understandable. That's her choice. But that wasn't what I was promised. I was promised the story of Eva Schloss' life. Instead I got too little about that and too many facts any official document could give me.
Of course, the story isn't actually centred on Auschwitz, even if it was inevitable for Eva to refer that. This story is meant to be about what happens after Auschwitz as the title of the book itself can tell. But the after isn't filled with any emotions either. We get to know what Eva did after being freed from that hell on earth. We get to know her life after that and to be glad she managed to find love and build a family. But we don't get to know how she felt. We don't get to know how it was to live with scars from such a cruel place, how did Eva managed to find the courage and determination to go on. Sure, it is sometimes refered, little affirmations about nightmares and fear of telling her story. But we are told - short, cold affirmations that feel more like statements than anything else -, we don't see it.
And once again, I understand why that may happen. I understand how hard it must be for Eva to talk about it. No one will ever be able to blame her for that. But what I got wasn't what I was promised. And I think that more than anything else, it's the fact of not getting what I was promised that made this book not work for me.
Overall, the book may have not worked for me, but I want to say that I admire Eva Schloss and all the men and women like her. Men and women that went through hell, survived and didn't give up. Who came out from that nightamre and used their voices to share with the world and they went through, making sure the world won't forget them, making sure everyone knows about them and that way helping to prevent the story from repeating itself.
SCORE: 2.00 out of 5.00 stars
You can also find this review on my blog
The Holocaust was one of the most sickning, disgusting and darkest events of our History. Whenever I read a story about what someone went through during that time, it breaks my heart to think that the person of that story wasn't the only one. That thousands of other people - innocent people - went through that as well. It breaks my heart to think of how many lives were destroyed, how many people were killed, how many children didn't even get a chance to grow, all because they were different, all because one man didn't like them and convinced an entire country that every problem was their fault. It is sickning, it is disgusting, it is heartbreaking. It is wrong.
What Eva Schloss, her family and many other people went through is wrong. Wrong in so, so many ways. Wrong because Eva was just a child and so were so many other girls and boys sent to the same place. Wrong because her family was destroyed because of the vagaries of one man and so were so many other families. Wrong because thousands of people suffered a fate worst than death without doing anything to deserve it.
And no matter how many stars I give a book that talks about that time, a book that tells the story of one of those people, that won't ever change. It was wrong and these books always succeed to pass the right message - to remember one more life, to become one more evidence of why we can't let the mistakes of our past repeat themselves.
But After Auschwitz really didn't work for me. I can't even start to imagine what this woman who seems so kind, who seems so good went through. The horrors, the fear, the loss she felt. How badly that probably affected her. I can't imagine that. And I will be the first to admire her for trying to write about that and share her story with the world not being sure of how it will be received. But I truly think that the writing style, the way the story is told, makes Eva Schloss seem too distant, too cold. The numbers she shares are outrageous, but she couldn't know them then and to include them makes the story sound too analitic, too rational.
The only part of the book where I could actually connect with Eva was the beginning. Those chapters when she talks about before the hell, before Auschwitz. I could feel Eva's love while she told the reader about how her life was before. Her affection towards her father and her brother was clear, impossible to ignore. Those emotions were clear, the reader could feel them.
However, when the part about Auschwitz starts, those emotions are gone. The narrative becomes too analitic, filled with too many numbers and facts instead of feelings. That may have been Eva's way of distancing herself and not being forced to remember those nightmares. And that's fine, that's understandable. That's her choice. But that wasn't what I was promised. I was promised the story of Eva Schloss' life. Instead I got too little about that and too many facts any official document could give me.
Of course, the story isn't actually centred on Auschwitz, even if it was inevitable for Eva to refer that. This story is meant to be about what happens after Auschwitz as the title of the book itself can tell. But the after isn't filled with any emotions either. We get to know what Eva did after being freed from that hell on earth. We get to know her life after that and to be glad she managed to find love and build a family. But we don't get to know how she felt. We don't get to know how it was to live with scars from such a cruel place, how did Eva managed to find the courage and determination to go on. Sure, it is sometimes refered, little affirmations about nightmares and fear of telling her story. But we are told - short, cold affirmations that feel more like statements than anything else -, we don't see it.
And once again, I understand why that may happen. I understand how hard it must be for Eva to talk about it. No one will ever be able to blame her for that. But what I got wasn't what I was promised. And I think that more than anything else, it's the fact of not getting what I was promised that made this book not work for me.
Overall, the book may have not worked for me, but I want to say that I admire Eva Schloss and all the men and women like her. Men and women that went through hell, survived and didn't give up. Who came out from that nightamre and used their voices to share with the world and they went through, making sure the world won't forget them, making sure everyone knows about them and that way helping to prevent the story from repeating itself.
SCORE: 2.00 out of 5.00 stars
You can also find this review on my blog
July 10, 2019
Quando tentei ler este livro há alguns meses, senti que não estava preparada e não estava com o mood para aguentar o quão pesado este livro era. Ontem, enquanto olhava para as minhas estantes, decidi que estava na hora de pegar num livro não ficção e retomar, assim, a leitura deste livro.
Li este livro muito rapidamente e, apesar de não ler muitos livros de não-ficção, senti-me muito cativada e sem dúvida que quero não só ler mais livros sobre este tema, como também ler mais livros deste género.
Este livro é tão real, puro e intrigante. Enquanto li este livro, nem dei pelo tempo passar; A minha mente estava tão penetrada nesta história, que não consegui descansar enquanto não cheguei ao fim da mesma.
Neste livro, a autora explica detalhadamente a sua vida antes, no meio e após a guerra. Num relato emocionante e real, Eva Schloss conta-nos a sua luta contra a morte.
Gostei muito de saber mais sobre a vida no campo de concentração, todos os pormenores horríveis e delicados; todas as situações humilhantes e aterradoras.
Sinto que este assunto nunca deve ser esquecido e acredito que é necessário existirem livros como este para reforçarem os horrores que o ser humano consegue cometer. Este livro é um aviso, uma lembrança. É um apelo a que o ser humano aprenda com os erros do passado e não volte a cometê-los novamente. É, sem dúvida, um livro que merece ser lido.
Li este livro muito rapidamente e, apesar de não ler muitos livros de não-ficção, senti-me muito cativada e sem dúvida que quero não só ler mais livros sobre este tema, como também ler mais livros deste género.
Este livro é tão real, puro e intrigante. Enquanto li este livro, nem dei pelo tempo passar; A minha mente estava tão penetrada nesta história, que não consegui descansar enquanto não cheguei ao fim da mesma.
Neste livro, a autora explica detalhadamente a sua vida antes, no meio e após a guerra. Num relato emocionante e real, Eva Schloss conta-nos a sua luta contra a morte.
Gostei muito de saber mais sobre a vida no campo de concentração, todos os pormenores horríveis e delicados; todas as situações humilhantes e aterradoras.
Sinto que este assunto nunca deve ser esquecido e acredito que é necessário existirem livros como este para reforçarem os horrores que o ser humano consegue cometer. Este livro é um aviso, uma lembrança. É um apelo a que o ser humano aprenda com os erros do passado e não volte a cometê-los novamente. É, sem dúvida, um livro que merece ser lido.
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