- School & Library Binding: 433 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback Books (Dec 7 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0833554190
- ISBN-13: 978-0833554192
- Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 10.9 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
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- #91 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National > Jewish
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From Publishers Weekly
A young girl's experience of the Nazi pogrom in her Polish hometown is related with an immediacy undimmed by time in her autobiography. In 1942, the author and her family undergo a brutal separation. Thirteen-year-old Alicia escapes her captors, fleeing through fields and woods, encountering fellow refugees and occasionally finding safe harbors. Although she sees her mother's wanton murder and endures physical and mental deprivation, the teenager is supported by faith in family and in the goodness of people. Capable of rallying others, she eventually heads a group who settle in Palestine. In 1949, she marries an American in Haifa and moves to the United States. Long and on occasion rambling, her story contributes to an infamous history as a tale, not only of survival, but of active resistance to oppression. Major ad/promo.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
A Polish Jew, the author re-creates her efforts to survive in Nazi-dominated, war-torn Poland. Between the ages of ten and 15, she suffered terrible hardships and encountered numerous brushes with death. This is a potentially useful addition to Holocaust literature, for although she never experienced the death camps, Appleman-Jurman lived in constant peril and managed to survive only through an extraordinary combination of luck and street sense. Unfortunately, the heavy use of dialogue reconstructed more than 40 years later has an unsettling effect on the mood and plausibility of this interesting and frequently horrifying survival narrative. Still, public libraries should consider. Mark R. Yerburgh, Trinity Coll. Lib., Burlington, Vt.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The most amazing, powerful story ever told!,
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This review is from: Alicia: My Story (School & Library Binding)
I have been reading about the Holocaust for the past five years. This is by far the most amazing and touching story told regarding the tragedy experienced by the Jews during World War II. A must read by everyone who can read! What a brave, bright and loving human being Alicia Jurman is. I bought this book because of the great reviews written, and I hope you will do the same. It is a fantastic read to the very end!
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amazing book,
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This review is from: Alicia (Mass Market Paperback)
With her keen memory and talented writing, we are filled with terror and admiration in this highly detailed account of the author's tragic experiences. Well worth the read, we can only wonder if WE could be as strong in the face of such adversity, and after it was all over, could go on to build a new life without one's family as Alicia did. I have read many Holocaust biographies but this is one of the finest.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book that should be in every library,
By Patricia Franklin (Fleet, Hampshire, England, GU51 3DG) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alicia (Mass Market Paperback)
"Alicia" was loaned to me by a lady at our church last Sunday. Although I had much to do this week involving my being out all day every day, I read through much of the nights, and have just finished the book this morning (Thursday). I am so grateful to the author for going through the agony of remembering her experiences of man's cruelty. I am an American living in England and am so glad that she knew kindness at the hands of my fellow countrymen. And I am so ashamed of the treatment meted out by the British, just when freedom was in sight.As a Christian, I am deeply angry that so much of the pain suffered by Alicia and all the other Jews was carried out by people thought to be Christians. I hope she has by now discovered that there are many fake Christians around and that a true follower of the Lord Jesus would love and help her people. This very week many from our area are travelling up to London for a Saturday conference run by PFI - Prayer For Israel. The believers we know all have a heart for Israel and the Jewish people. Our Saviour was Jew, His mother was Jew and the apostles were all Jews. Alicia has brought home to us the age old hatred of the Jewish people and the horror it can unleash. We all know about the Holocaust, but that is very different from hearing about the heart-breaking effects on one family. I am ordering two copies of this book; one to keep and one to lend out. It is a most important book and should certainly be in every library, particularly every school library. Every generation must know what happened. In the story of one young girl's desperate struggle for survival, we see the total evil of not only Naziism, but also Communism, and it becomes clear that the problem is evil in the heart of mankind, whatever label is pinned on it. Only a heart conversion to faith in Jesus could change the monsters we encounter in Alicia's book. If Alicia should happen to still be alive and perhaps even read this review - thank you so much for writing your story. I am so glad you found refuge and love in my country.
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