A review by celinajosephine
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

5.0

Absolutely heartbreaking to read, considering all the pain Cecilia Klein must have felt during her time in Auschwitz-Birkenau and then in the Gulag. The strength she has is really impressive to me and even though not all characters were real - for understandable reasons - Heather Morris made good decisions building up these characters to enhance the development Cilka has made during the time but also the plot in general. Reading the book felt surreal and painful because what happened to so many innocent people - no matter whether the place was the German concentration camps during World War II or the Soviet Gulag - is just terrible. However, I do recommend this book to everyone who read "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" to know what happened to the girl named Cilka after the second World War ended.