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Work InformationThe Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII) by Nechama Birnbaum
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HTML: Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie's head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished. Among the chaos and surrounded by hopelessness, Rosie realizes the only thing the Nazis cannot take away from her is the fierce redhead resilience in her spirit. When all of her friends conclude they are going to heaven from Auschwitz, she remains determined to get home. She summons all of her courage, through death camps and death marches to do just that. This victorious biography, written by Nechama Birnbaum in honor of her grandmother, is as full of life as it is of death. It is about the intricacies of Jewish culture that still exist today and the tender experiences that are universal to all humanity. It is a story about what happens when we choose hate over love. .No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5318092History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; Holocaust Holocaust History, geographic treatment, biography Holocaust victims biographies and autobiographiesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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The chapters of the book alternate; one chapter of memories before being deported and one chapter in the present tense with her time in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and the death March until near the end where her memories catch up to the present. This keeps the book from being as dark and heavy as it could be given the topic. She is bluntly descriptive of the conditions and treatment without becoming repetitive. This book is not just about Rosie's life, but also the life of her sister, and the lives that were snuffed out by evil and hate. This is a wonderful preservation of history. (