LIVIA BITTON-JACKSON - I Have Lived A Thousand Years. Growing Up In The Holocaust.

London England, Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. I Have Lived a Thousand Years. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was thirteen years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her decent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her gold plaits she was selected for work instead of extermination. In intimate, excruciating detail she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. This book is a searing story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time it is a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. It will make you see the world in a new way - and it will make you want to change what you see. 224 pp.