I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust

by Livia Bitton-Jackson

A young life under Nazi occupation

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A young life under Nazi occupation

Livia Bitton-Jackson’s memoir recounts her adolescence as Elli Friedmann, beginning with the Nazi invasion of Hungary in 1944. The account traces how everyday routines—school, friendships and family life—give way to restrictions, displacement to a crowded ghetto and food scarcity, before Elli faces life in a concentration camp. Alongside the persecution and upheaval, the publisher’s description highlights the roles of faith, perseverance and family love in her experience. The book offers a personal perspective on the Holocaust through the changing circumstances of one young person and her family.

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Teens and young adults interested in Holocaust history through a personal memoir.
Readers seeking a first-person account of a young person’s experience under Nazi occupation.
Those interested in memoirs addressing family, faith and perseverance amid persecution.

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The Holocaust and Nazi occupation of HungaryAdolescence and family life under persecutionFaith and perseveranceDisplacement and survival

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Book overview

A Holocaust survivor recalls the terrible upheaval her family faced under Nazi occupation in this remarkable memoir that presents a story of cruelty and suffering, but also of hope, faith, perseverance, and love.

What is death all about? What is life all about?

So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. It wasn't long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet.

But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity.

Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesn't know is that this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come...

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