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Summary: I Have Lived A Thousand Years
Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years
By: Livia Bitton-JacksonI Have Lived a Thousand Years was the tragic, sad, and well-written book about a thirteen year old girl and her family that gets taken away by the Nazi's to go to a ghetto and then to a concentration camp.
In this story, the main character Elli Friedmann, goes from having everything to family, food, and clothes to nothing but a gray prison dress and shoes two sizes too small. Elli's family is broken up and separated from her and is later found out that some of her family was gassed in a gas chamber. Her dad was one of the family members.
Elli and her mother are forced to be left by themselves in a cold barrack. They are starving and the only thing to eat is a bowl of soup with worms in it. They are alone because everyone else in their barrack has families of their own to take care of. Each day in their concentration camp, Elli and her mother struggle to survive and take care of each other.
In this story, Elli's mother becomes very ill and almost dies but Elli saves her from being sent to the gas chambers. She was being sent to the gas chambers because, after a terrible accident she was hospitalized, and then she didn't recover so the Nazi's were going to kill her.
The way each individual was treated in the book was cruel and they were tortured beyond belief. The horrors of living perfectly and safe to terrible in the matter of a day was the idea mentioned in this book. It gave me sense of what must not happen in the future of the world.
I really liked this book because of its specific detail and emotions that Elli mentioned in this tragic story. I couldn't believe the horrible things Elli and her family were put through and also the people that were alive when this time in history occurred. The worst part was that no one spoke up for the Jewish people. Out of so many people, no one spoke up. At times, this book made me sad and other times, it made me want to be happy because something good happened to Elli's family.
This is a great read so check this book out!
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Summary: Struggles of one family during theHolocaust
Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson retraces the steps of a girl, Elli, and her family during the Holocaust. The family is forced to endure extreme humiliation. They are then herded into the cramped Ghetto's. Living conditions are unbearable and there food is unsanitary. The next hurdle is concentration camps were families and friends are separated. You are now no longer an individual only a number with no possessions. Elli learns to go on even if you have no reason. Through all this Elli has been able to shed some light on a bad situation and make it worth living. She, along with her mom and brother, are able to make it against all odds.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a good book to read or buy. You are really taken into the time and you feel as though you are there with her. Although you may stumble on some of the words it is worth the trouble. The story is one a tragedy and of hope.
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Summary: I Have Lived a Thousand Years
Review: This book is very inspirational because it talks about the life of a thirteen year old girl and her inspirational story about how she survived the Holocaust. I recommend this book to anyone who ever wanted to know the truth about the Holocaust and hear about a brave little girl who survived and also helped other to never give up hope. This story will bring a tear to your eye. I learned a lot about the Holocaust by reading this story. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. I just started reading this book for a report for school, but once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I got a new outlook on life once reading this.
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Summary: I Have Lived a Thousand Years
Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson is an amazing book about a Jewish girls struggle to keep herself and mother alive in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Her family is taken away to a ghetto where they live for many weeks. Her father at that time is taken away, where Elli will never see him again. Then she and her mother are separated from their aunt, who is old and cannot survive without someone to help here. After this Elli and her mother are taken to many different concentration camps where they are hit, starved and have little care at all. When Elli's mother gets hurt, she doesn't know if she is going to make it. But Elli helps take care of her mother through everything because of Elli's love for her. Even thought Elli doesn't get much food or water she is strong enough to take whatever is thrown at her. They ride on cattle cars for days, also without out food and water. Through Auschwitz, the ghetto, and the other concentration camps that she and her mother were taken to, she told about her feelings, worries, fears, dreams, hopes, and her happiness. This is a wonderful book if you want to learn more about the Holocaust and what people went through in the concentration camps.
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Summary: Everyone Should Read This Book
Review: For an assignment we had to read a holocaust book in Mrs. Fulton's class. The book i read was I Have Lived A Thousand Years, Livia Bitton-Jackson. This book is a great book the reason i like this book is.... it tells all of the details about what happend in the holocaust. Elli Friedmann is a thirteen year old girl, living a normal life. One day her brother Bubi was taken to Auschwitz camp. Well, first her brother came running home from this church that he was at. He told his mom and dad that people invaded the closets store to the church. They didnt belive him so they made him go back and the very next day the germans invaded the church with Bubi in it!! It gets a lot better once you start reading this book you wont be able to put it down! That is all i am goin to tell you. You have to read the book to find out the rest of the life of Elli.
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Summary: Why?
Review: In this beautiful and moving novel, the life a young Jewish Girl growing up during the Holocaust is unraveled. As you are chased through the pages of the book, you slowly begin to realize the true terror felt by all Germans, Jews or otherwise. You feel their pain and bear their burden right along with them. Your emotions coincide with the feelings of those being presented to you. But above all, you realize... The young girl, Elli, is was born in Czechoslovakia and was only thirteen years of age when her family was torn apart by Hitler and his vendetta against Jews. Her father was the first to be taken away and murdered, then her mother, her brother, and she are deported to Auschwitz and it is there, they are split up. They do not see Elli's brother, Bubi, for a little over a year. This story grabs you and pulls you in. The pages dont even seem to turn, but suddenly, you've already reached the end. And the one aspect of this book that really toys with your emotions is that the men and women and children being tortured and blaitantly murdered in this book are not characters, they are people...
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Summary: I Have Lived A Thousand Years - An Amazing Story
Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson is beyond an amazing story. It tells the life of thirteen-year-old Ellie Freidmann during the Holocaust. Ellie is a Jewish girl who is forced from her home, along with her family, to the ghetto and then to many different concentration camps, including the worst, Auschwitz. Her father is taken away from them very early in the book, which is then followed by other losses. The book is almost guaranteed to make you cry, as it is not only filled with grief and loss, but also with an almost unreal amount of determination and love. Ellie and her mother's strength is almost unimaginable. I highly recommend this book to everyone. It really opens your eyes up to what hate and prejudice can lead to. Even though it contains large amounts of sadness, reading the book gives you a very encouraging feeling, to know that evil didn't and can't prevail.
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Summary: An Extremely Moving Story
Review: Somehow, it seems like you can never read too many Holocaust memoirs. It is like we can never fully get used to the unhumane crimes committed in that terrible time, no matter how much we read...and "I Have Lived a Thousand Years" is no exception to that rule. By "literary" definitions, it probably be considered a rather unremarkable novel, but its searing story alone makes it a worthwhile read. Somehow, Elli's simple, stark descriptions only serve to heighten the effect of this book, for as I was reading it, I mourned with Elli at the loss of her childhood home, rejoiced with her as she and her mother somehow survived, and literally cried with her as she realized the tragic fate of children in the concentration camps. This memoir serves as a reminder of Auschwitz, of the cattle car rides, of the Holocaust-and of an innocent childhood voice telling a horrific story that must never be forgotten.
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Summary: Experience
Review: "Jew girl, Jew girl." This phrase was laid upon Elli Freidmann as the uprising of Hitler was proclaimed. She was only at the age of thirteen when she, her brother, and mother where token away to a concentration camp called Auschwitz. Elli was to be one of the few that were selected to transported to what was soon too pronounced as hell on earth. She was facing the world in new view, full of unexpected and unfortunate events. The thing that I really liked about this is that it shows what the people of the holocaust went through. As opposed to telling. This way it gave me more of an insight as to just what was echoing in the fog. I liked that throughout Elli's experience she was still able to keep a brave and faithful spirit. I feel that especially in times as those it's best to believe and hold onto something, so that you may hold tight to your life in return. I really enjoyed it due to the fact that it is indeed a true story. She did a very well job in allowing readers of all kind to experience what others hopefully will never have to endure. The only thing is that I don't think I would read anymore books as this one, only because it makes me sad to think and actually know what this corrupt world has allowed to happen. Other than that I have no regrets as to reading this book, in many ways it has opened my heart and mind.
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Summary: I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Book Review
Review: When I read this book for the first time, I first thought, "WOW!" This book is about a 13 year old Jewish girl who gets sent to different concentration/labor camps throughout Hungary, Germany, and Poland. Although many life-threatening and traumatizing things happened to her, she still had hope, and she did not give up. The things in this book that I valued most were the fact that there was great detail, and it was powerful/moving. I liked the fact that there was so much detail, because nothing was non-descriptive. When I read the author's words, a very clear picture popped up in my mind, and if it wasn't that detailed, then I wouldn't have been able to understand the book as well as I did. An example of this is when the reader sees Bubi standing on the other side of the fence, and having been abused and worked almost to death. I also liked the fact that it made me cry. When books make someone cry, they are usually very powerful or moving. The part in this book that made me cry, was the part where the Germans trick the women into getting their soup, and then attacking them. The idea of this horrified me. This book made me see that the Holocaust only happened some 70 years ago, and that the world was obviously a very different place than it is now. Having discriminations against someone because of their race or religion is no way to live life; you have to embrace things. When I first got assigned to this book, I was worried that I would not like it, but once I got into it, it was easy to lose track of time and read the night away. I Have Lived A Thousand Years is an amazing book, and I highly suggest reading it during your free time.
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