![]() Written by Livia Bitton-Jackson as an adult, the author transports herself back to her teenage years when her world was forever shattered by Nazi designs. "I Have Lived A Thousand Years" offers an interesting perspective on the events of the Holocaust. Elli's journey is one of horror, hope, faith and resilience, and truly inspiring.Īs an avid reader of material regarding the Holocaust and WWII, I was delighted to find this book at a used book store. Initially, we witness the author's desire to be loved and praised by her mother, her ambition to be a poet, and her descriptions of simple, everyday life in her little village.later, we are led on a horrific journey beginning with the restrictions imposed upon the Jews in the village, the deportation of Elli's father to a labor camp in Hungary, and finally Elli's own deportation together with her mother and brother to Auschwitz.their journey of terror doesn't end at Aushwitz for Elli finds herself and her mother constantly battling for survival under the most deplorable conditions, being forced to endure unimaginable suffering and degradation, being shunted from one concentration camp to another, and finally liberation. This is one such memoir that is compelling and heartbreaking in the descriptions of the horrors suffered by the writer and her family during the Holocaust. I have read a lot of books about the holocaust, and I especially like to read memoirs written by survivors of the Holocaust. ![]()
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