Residing among the many Useless: My Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Energy (Holocaust Survivor True Tales WWII)

That is the story of 1 younger girl’s unimaginable journey by way of the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World Conflict, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein’s dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her reminiscences are interwoven with lovely passages of poetry and private reflection. Holocaust survivor Mania Lichtenstein used writing as a medium to cope with the traumatic results of the struggle. Many Jews didn’t die in focus camps, however had been murdered of their lifelong communities, slaughtered by mass killing items, after which buried in pits. As a younger lady, Mania witnessed the horrors whereas doing every part inside her energy to subsist. She lived in Włodzimierz,n orth of Lvov (Ukraine), was interned for 3 years within the labor camp close by, managed to flee and hid within the forests till the top of the struggle. Though she was the only survivor of her household, Mania went on to rebuild a brand new life in the USA, with a brand new language and new customs, at all times carrying together with her the losses of her household and her reminiscences. Seventy-five years after liberation, we’re nonetheless witnessing acts of cruelty born out of hatred and discrimination. Residing among the many Useless reminds us of the attractive communities that existed earlier than WWII, the lives misplaced and those who lived on, and the significance to always remember these tales in order that historical past doesn’t repeat itself.