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A review by librosycafe25
The Ballerina of Auschwitz by Edith Eva Eger
5.0
This memoir is the Young Adult version of the author's book, The Choice, written by Edith Eger, a renowned psychologist and Holocaust survivor. Whenever I read such a memoir, it is a heavy experience but worthwhile. This one was amazing.
The Jewish author was fifteen in Hungary, studying to be a ballerina in a talented family of musicians when the Nazis came. She provides so much insight in this book that not only educates about this horrific time but also reveals her emotional state and how she managed to continue living during the period when she was taken to Auschwitz and eventually freed from the last concentration camp. I had to pause in parts to breathe.
The book is written for ages 12-18, but as a parent, I'd suggest this for fifteen years of age and older.
The Jewish author was fifteen in Hungary, studying to be a ballerina in a talented family of musicians when the Nazis came. She provides so much insight in this book that not only educates about this horrific time but also reveals her emotional state and how she managed to continue living during the period when she was taken to Auschwitz and eventually freed from the last concentration camp. I had to pause in parts to breathe.
The book is written for ages 12-18, but as a parent, I'd suggest this for fifteen years of age and older.