Alicia - Alicia Appleman-Jurman

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
'Profoundly observed... remarkably lived... ferocious bravery.' New York Times
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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.
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What readers are saying about Alicia:

***** 'I just kept turning the pages to the end.'
***** 'So much bravery... We need to remember history like this.'
***** "Probably the most astonishing book I have ever read.'