Girl in the Green Sweater : A Life in Holocausts Shadow

English

ISBN: 0312376561

EAN: 9780312376567

Category: Social Science / Children'S Studies/History / Jewish/History / Holocaust/Biography & Autobiography / General/Social Science / Jewish Studies/

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: 09/30/2008

Synopsis: In 1943, with Lvovs 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the citys sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the Holocaust.The Girl in the Green Sweateris Chigers harrowing first-person account of the fourteen months she spent with her family in the fetid, underground sewers of Lvov. The Girl in the Green Sweateris also the story of Leopold Socha, the groups unlikely savior. A Polish Catholic and former thief, Socha risked his life to help Chigers underground family survive, bringing them food, medicine, and supplies. A moving memoir of a desperate escape and life under unimaginable circumstances,The Girl in the Green Sweateris ultimately a tale of intimate survival, friendship, and redemption.KRYSTYNA CHIGER survived the Holocaust by hiding with her family in the sewers of Lvov, Poland for 14 months. A retired dentist, she lives in Long Island. DANIEL PAISNER has collaborated on many books, including the New York TimesbestsellingLast Man Down: A Firefighters Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center.

Girl in the Green Sweater : A Life in Holocausts Shadow

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.08 inches

Width: 5.74 inches

Length: 8.53 inches

Weight: 14.36 oz

Pages: 288