I read The Tattooist of Auschwitz before I read this book and
found both fascinating. After I finished
the book which was so well written, well researched, the people and
descriptions of the camps seemed so real I have to hand it to the author she
did a great job. I read about how she
traveled to camps and in writing her first book she kept coming up with
information about Cilka’s life. She
wrote about her, weaving in as much truth about her life as she was able to
find. I have always been fascinated with
this time period in the world and have read many books on Auschwitz, reading
about the second camp in Siberia was very interesting and finding that anyone
could come through all that she did in order to survive as well as find love
after all that she went through was just amazing. This book is a must read for anyone who
enjoyed reading about the Tattooist of Auschwitz, or even if you haven’t. Great read!
“I voluntarily
read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are
my own.” I received the kindle copy of
this book from Netgalley.
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Description as
found on GoodReads:
From the author
of the multi-million copy bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes
the new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.
Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.
After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child?
In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.
Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.
Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.
After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child?
In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.
Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.
