Clara's story reminds us that we must never forget the Holocaust. Although gut wrenching at times, it's a book one should read. Every Jew who survived has their own story to tell. Her's is mind boggling. We've visited the Holocaust Museums in DC and in LA, plus the Dachau Concentration Camp outside of Munich, but I still cannot fully grasp or understand the inhumanity. I'm glad that by reading this book I have a better understanding of the Polish Jews and Protestants, Ukrainians, Germans, and Russians. One cannot help but ask themselves, would I have the courage of the Becks? What would I have done? For some reason I'm always drawn to books written during WWII and the Holocaust. This book did not disappoint. A true story taken from the diary of Clara Kramer. Much like Anne Frank, Clara and her Jewish family were in hiding. While Anne Frank and her family lived in an attic, 15-year-old Clara was hiding in a bunker dug out of a basement. In all, eighteen people lived 20 terrifying months underground. Clara Kramer and her family were among approximately 5,000 Jews in Zolkiew, Poland before WWII. At the end of the war, they were numbered among approximately 60 who survived.
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An amazing story of an ordinary family, who became hero's in the eyes of 18 Jewish people.
—bhavi
A wonderful story of humanity and survival in the midst of brutality.
—Tricia
Touching, suspenseful and heart-breaking. Let us never forget.
—dastandd
disturbing insight into the lives of those forced to hide.
—joduor2
