When they realized he was gone for good, their only hope through all their efforts was the prospect of obtaining papers that would allow them to emigrate to America. Finding only a shell of the place they had known, they struggled to rebuild some semblance of life and waited for the return of Elli’s father. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.In a sequel to the well-received I Have Lived a Thousand Years (1997, not reviewed), Bitton-Jackson writes of her life as Elli Friedmann in 1945, when she, her brother, and mother were liberated from Auschwitz and sent back to their former home in Czechoslovakia. A fine conclusion to Bitton-Jackson's autobiography of her youth.Ĭarol Fazioli, The Brearley School, New York City, NYĬopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. More than the simple account of a Holocaust survivor and the often terrible postwar years in Europe, this book is also the tale of a young woman discovering who she is and how she wants to spend the remainder of her life-something to which every young adult can relate. The young woman's story recounts a time in her life that was filled with both anxiety and hope, tears and joy. Instead, they escaped from Czechoslovakia into Austria and eventually Germany to await departure to join Elli's brother in America. Elli felt very strongly about joining the pioneers in Israel but her mother was not up to the physical challenge of moving to the developing nation. She also became a teacher and found a new identity as a learned young woman.
Part of this dedication was the work she did for the Briha, an organization that helped transport refugees to Israel. Chief among them was her desire to learn as much as she could about her Jewish heritage and her commitment to it. These years were filled with many things for Elli, as she was then known. Grade 6 Up-This touching memoir, the sequel to I Have Lived a Thousand Years (S & S, 1997), covers the years between the end of the war in 1945 through the author's emigration from Europe to the United States in 1951.
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