Months after Zofia Lederman was liberated from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, she is finally able to leave the hospital in search of her only living family member, her younger brother Abek. The last time she saw Abek, she promised to find him again. Keeping her promise means leaving her home in Poland to a displaced persons camp in Germany. With thousands of people desperately looking for their missing loved ones, it seems insane to believe she will find her brother. However, Zofia refuses to give up her search. Many books about the Holocaust detail life in the concentration camps, but this one delves in how challenging it was for the survivors to rebuild their lives and move forward after the war. How do you live with guilt of being a survivor? Where do call home when nothing at home is familiar? How do you move forward when you can't seem to let go of the past? This emotional novel honestly captures the lives of survivors Highly, highly recommended!
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Months after Zofia Lederman was liberated from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, she is finally able to leave the hospital in search of her only living family member, her younger brother Abek. The last time she saw Abek, she promised to find him again. Keeping her promise means leaving her home in Poland to a displaced persons camp in Germany. With thousands of people desperately looking for their missing loved ones, it seems insane to believe she will find her brother. However, Zofia refuses to give up her search. Many books about the Holocaust detail life in the concentration camps, but this one delves in how challenging it was for the survivors to rebuild their lives and move forward after the war. How do you live with guilt of being a survivor? Where do call home when nothing at home is familiar? How do you move forward when you can't seem to let go of the past? This emotional novel honestly captures the lives of survivors Highly, highly recommended!
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AuthorMs. Smith has been the librarian at Washington HS in Sioux Falls, SD, since 2005. She enjoys reading, watching K-Dramas, Harry Potter and hanging out with her family. Archives
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