A Cat Called AdolfThis is one holocaust memoir which does not stop at survival but goes on to describe the lasting effects upon those survivors of their persecution, betrayal and suffering. Trude Levi was inspired to set down her memories of her experiences as a young Hungarian girl deported to Buchenwald to work like a slave in a munitions factory. She says she had no sense of survival but was sustained by a strong sense of self-respect and a stubborn refusal to compromise. On her twenty-first birthday she collapsed from exhaustion on an infamous Death March and was left lying where she fell, not even worth a bullet. So, when the war ended shortly afterwards, she had survived - just. Years of wandering, poverty and hardship followed. Illness, disillusion and the insensitivity of others too their toll, yet the author is able to describe her experiences with directness and without self-pity. Her most fervent wish in telling her story is that the lessons of the Holocaust are never forgotten, and that the events she recorded are never allowed to happen again. |
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Page 95
... ship moored in Naples , we had been issued with a pass for the few hours ' stay in Italy . And so now they could not ... ship . Then news came that the ship had left Port Said . We were taken to Port Suez and en route I saw the desert ...
... ship moored in Naples , we had been issued with a pass for the few hours ' stay in Italy . And so now they could not ... ship . Then news came that the ship had left Port Said . We were taken to Port Suez and en route I saw the desert ...
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... ship , day by day , became ever more filthy and by our last week on board we all had scabies . The Toscana , we ... ship's purser had requested the Port Said authorities to forward my passport to Durban , but when the ship docked on 7 ...
... ship , day by day , became ever more filthy and by our last week on board we all had scabies . The Toscana , we ... ship's purser had requested the Port Said authorities to forward my passport to Durban , but when the ship docked on 7 ...
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... ship , the Bloemfontein , left for England four days later and we were on it . The last four days were hectic : packing , farewell parties , a farewell concert where Stephan played and farewell ceremonies at my schools . The Natal ...
... ship , the Bloemfontein , left for England four days later and we were on it . The last four days were hectic : packing , farewell parties , a farewell concert where Stephan played and farewell ceremonies at my schools . The Natal ...
Contents
Looking back in anger | 3 |
Occupied territory | 21 |
Childhood memories | 33 |
Copyright | |
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