The story follows both of the authors, Sara Leibovitz, who was born in 1928 in the Czech Republic and later was brought to Auschwitz. The other author, Sara’s youngest daughter, Eti, experienced what it meant to be the child of a Holocaust survivor. Sara and her husband, another Holocaust survivor try to protect their three daughters from learning about their harrowing history, but Eti is desperate to learn the truth. Together, mother and daughter share their stories so that we can learn from the past and prevent a repeat in the future! Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!

The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

The girl who survived Auschwitz is a heartbreaking story of a women who survived the concentration camps during the Holocaust. The story goes through the family’s journey of their life before, during and after the Holocaust told through the daughter’s experiences following her mothers return from Auschwitz, and the mother's lived experiences. The story is very well written, and you can feel the pain and heartbreak as the story goes back and forth between the time spent in the concentration camps, and life following the return home from Auschwitz. The story focuses on courage, hope, and how much love they had for their friends and family while navigating a time of so much pain and fear.

A moving story to the struggle of survival , and coping with grief , loss of ones family and overcoming the evil that was done. I don’t know if I could`ve been so strong — I am sure I would have died . But the writing allows to walk through this story together with the author and it was heart breaking , moving and tear jerking . I feel like I learned even more about this period in history and walked the journey with her and it has inspired me to become a stronger person both mentally and physically. This would be a great educational book for high school history class or for just anyone wanting to learn the stories of what happened during WW2 for those in the concentration camps. It is definitely easy to read and understand and I enjoyed the writing style. I liked hearing the mother and daughters stories and how they effected each other and tried to overcome their generational trauma. There is a great interview with the daughter at the end of the book and some great discussion questions for a bookclub or class discussion.


Thank-you to netgalley and HarperCollins Canada, One More Chapter for this ARC -- this is my honest review.