Fearing that he will die under going and operation, Menachem calls his three young daughters, Cibi, Magda and Livi, together. He makes them promise to always protect each other and stay together. During WWII, the sisters find this a hard promise to keep.
Cibi and Livi are sent to one of the worst Nazi concentration camps, Auschwitz. Magda remains at home with their mother until they were also sent away. At the camp they were luckily reunited. Sticking together helped them all to survive and after the war, the sisters helped each other to establish new lives in Israel.
This book tells a tragic story of Jewish families uprooted and sent to the inhuman concentration camps. The books gives horrifying details of the terrible conditions faced by the girls in the camp including losing loved ones to the gas chambers.
Although much of the book is sad, it is also a story of courage and hope. I found reading the book very upsetting. It’s hard to imagine that people were so callous treating other human beings to such horrific conditions.
I thought the author did an excellent job with a very difficult subject. She didn’t minimize the horror of the concentration camps, but she was able to give her characters strong emotional support and hope from being together. This is a book well worth reading and I did like the ending.
I received this book from St. Martin’s Press for this review.
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