Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust

Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9780374305291
ISBN-13 : 0374305293
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust by : Planaria Price

Download or read book Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust written by Planaria Price and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gucia Gomolinska grew up comfortably in Piotrkow, Poland, a devoted student, sister, daughter, and friend. Still, even in the years before World War II, she faced discrimination as a Jew--but with her ash-blond hair she was often able to pass as just another Pole. When her town was invaded by Nazis, she knew her Aryan coloring gave her an advantage, and she faced an awful choice: stay in the place she had always called home, or leave behind everything she knew to try to survive. She took on a new identity as Basia Tanska, and her journey led her directly into Nazi Germany. Planaria Price, along with Basia's daughter Helen West, tells this incredible life story directly in the first person. Claiming My Place is a stunning portrayal of bravery, love, loss, and the power of storytelling.


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