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Surviving the Nazis Exile and Siberia: Autobiography [Paperback]

Edith Sekules (Author), Edith Sekules (Author)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of a seven year exile spend in the theater of war, Nov 9 2002
This review is from: Surviving the Nazis Exile and Siberia: Autobiography (Paperback)
In 1916, Edith Sekules was born into a Jewish family as part of an established and flouring Viennese community of almost 200,000 Jews. Today that same community is numbered at only a few thousands. Most of those with whom Edith grew up with were slaughtered in the holocaust of World War II. In 1938, together with her husband Kurt and her four month old daughter, Edith escaped to Estonia. There they eked out a living until 1941 when they were labeled "enemy aliens" and interned in Siberia by the Russians. In Surviving The Nazis, Exile And Siberia, Edith reveals in candid and vivid detail what her life of confinement was like, and how only their good health and optimism enabled the family to survive in harsh conditions. This is a story of a seven year exile spend in the theater of war, three camps, and a 3,350-mile journey home. After the way Edith helped to create a knitwear company in Northern Ireland and she went on to world-wide success in that endeavor. Surviving The Nazis, Exile And Siberia is more than just another indictment of holocaust era atrocity -- it is also a testament to the endurance and resilience of the human spirit, and that the greatest revenge against those who do us wrong, and the finest memorial we can provide to those who did not survive, is to go on ourselves and live a full, rewarding, compassionate life.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Must read for students of the Shoah, May 21 2000
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This review is from: Surviving the Nazis Exile and Siberia: Autobiography (Paperback)
This book is an important contribution to Holocaust studies. Mrs. Sekules provides an excellent first hand account of life for a "typical" Jewish family in Vienna before and during the rise of Nazism. We become witnesses to the realization that escape is the only choice. We then follow the author on a harrowing journey deep into the Russian steppes as they fight to survive in a variety of work camps. Finally we learn how this family returns to Europe and rebuilds their lives and in the United Kingdom.

The book is written in straight-forward prose which has the ring of authenticity. The author is not asking for our pity. Rather, as stated in the introduction, she is adding more details to our collective memory of these horrific events that we may honor the victims, celebrate the survivors, and prevent another Shoah in the future.

This is easy reading for middle and high school children seeking to understand more about the Shoah and is a good addition to a school, Temple, or Church library.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Must read for students of the Shoah, May 21 2000
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This review is from: Surviving the Nazis Exile and Siberia: Autobiography (Paperback)
This book is an important contribution to Holocaust studies. Mrs. Sekules provides an excellent first hand account of life for a "typical" Jewish family in Vienna before and during the rise of Nazism. We become witnesses to the realization that escape is the only choice. We then follow the author on a harrowing journey deep into the Russian steppes as they fight to survive in a variety of work camps. Finally we learn how this family returns to Europe and rebuilds their lives and in the United Kingdom.

The book is written in straight-forward prose which has the ring of authenticity. The author is not asking for our pity. Rather, as stated in the introduction, she is adding more details to our collective memory of these horrific events that we may honor the victims, celebrate the survivors, and prevent another Shoah in the future.

This is easy reading for middle and high school children seeking to understand more about the Shoah and is a good addition to a school, Temple, or Church library.


5.0 out of 5 stars A story of a seven year exile spend in the theater of war, Nov 9 2002
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Surviving the Nazis Exile and Siberia: Autobiography (Paperback)
In 1916, Edith Sekules was born into a Jewish family as part of an established and flouring Viennese community of almost 200,000 Jews. Today that same community is numbered at only a few thousands. Most of those with whom Edith grew up with were slaughtered in the holocaust of World War II. In 1938, together with her husband Kurt and her four month old daughter, Edith escaped to Estonia. There they eked out a living until 1941 when they were labeled "enemy aliens" and interned in Siberia by the Russians. In Surviving The Nazis, Exile And Siberia, Edith reveals in candid and vivid detail what her life of confinement was like, and how only their good health and optimism enabled the family to survive in harsh conditions. This is a story of a seven year exile spend in the theater of war, three camps, and a 3,350-mile journey home. After the way Edith helped to create a knitwear company in Northern Ireland and she went on to world-wide success in that endeavor. Surviving The Nazis, Exile And Siberia is more than just another indictment of holocaust era atrocity -- it is also a testament to the endurance and resilience of the human spirit, and that the greatest revenge against those who do us wrong, and the finest memorial we can provide to those who did not survive, is to go on ourselves and live a full, rewarding, compassionate life.
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