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"The Jurmans, a Jewish family, live in 1930's Poland. When the Nazi's almost peacefully invade the country, the change of lifestyle is slow. But one of Alicia Jurman's brother's is sent to a concentration camp, and soon she is outcast by her Aryan friends. Then, Alicia's father dissapears, and her brothers are murdered. She loses everything she knows, and faces enprisonment/death more than once. Her only redemption is to be found in helping the others that have shared her misfortune. Alicia Jurman's real-life memoir is a horrifying and heart-wrenching account, in the same spirit of the Diary of Anne Frank, and its a story that people should know."
Daniel, Resident Scholar
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"Alicia is 11 when the war begins. She is in school and notices some of her fellow jewish students disapearing. She learns a little bit about the war before she is forced into a "ghetto", or a small town reserved for Jews. While living there, she learns that her Ukrainian neighbors turned her in. She loses her family members one by one. She relates her experiences in a heartbreaking story of the Holocaust."
Lila, Resident Scholar
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"This is a memoir of Alicia. When she was a teenager, her family members started to dissapear because the Germans - the Nazis, took them. Soon, everyone in her family was killed except her mother and her. In this memoir, she explains how she survived the horrible Holocaust. Days before the liberation, she saw her mother die in front of her. Her mother was shot by a German. She was the only one left in her family. In this memoir, she describes how she survived and the tactics she used. She not only found a way to hide herself, she also helped other Jews to escape when she was still in danger.
This is a memoir about a young brave and a courageous girl who helped herself and other Jews.
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Ravi, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
War/Cloak & Dagger story?
- holocaust
War/Spying
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Jew
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
- Poland
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- prison
- moving train
- sewers/subways
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- depressed
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- war
- justice system
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
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