Alicia

Memoirs of A Survivor

Alicia Appleman-Jurman

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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
21 March 2021

Biography; Memoirs; The Holocaust

A remarkable Holocaust memoir, a powerful testament to human courage and fortitude, for readers of Edith Eger's The Choice.

'This memoir is heartbreaking.' Elie Wiesel, author of Night

Alicia Jurman is five-years-old when her story begins. It is 1935 and she is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could have prepared her for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation.

At thirteen, while fleeing the Nazis through war-ravaged Poland, Alicia began saving the lives of strangers. Her family cruelly wrenched from her, Alicia rescued other Jews from the Gestapo, led them to safe hideouts, and lent them her courage and hope. Even the sight of her mother's brutal murder could not quash this remarkable child's faith in human goodness - or her determination to prevail against overwhelming odds.

After the war, Alicia continued to risk her life, leading Polish Jews on an underground route to freedom in Palestine. She swore on her brother's grave that if she survived, she would speak for her silenced family. This book is the eloquent fulfilment of that oath.

By: Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 307g
ISBN: 9780857502612
ISBN 10: 0857502611
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 21 March 2021
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alicia Appleman-Jurman is a writer and lecturer. The mother of three grown children, she lives in California with her husband.

Reviews for Alicia: Memoirs of A Survivor

A powerful, intimate, searingly impressive memoir of a uniquely courageous and unusually intuitive young girl of the Holocaust nightmare and the years following. * Chaim Potok, author of The Chosen and The Promise * Gripping, assiduously detailed... the author serves as a model of active home-front heroism * Kirkus * Profoundly observed . . . amid all this ferocious bravery, small, sweet details emerge with a rending power * New York Times Book Review * An impressive memoir of a courageous, forthright individual who refused to accept the Holocaust as 'God's Will'' * Booklist *