Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story

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For nearly fifty years, Sala Kirschner kept a secret: She had survived five years as a slave in seven different Nazi work camps. Living in America after the war, she kept hidden from her children any hint of her epic, inhuman odyssey. She held on to more than 350 letters, photographs, and a diary without ever mentioning them. Only in 1991, on the eve of heart surgery, did she suddenly present them to Ann, her daughter, and offer to answer any questions Ann wished to ask.

When Sala first reported to a camp in Geppersdorf, Germany, at the age of sixteen, she thought it would be for six weeks. Five years later, she was still at a labor camp and only she and two of her sisters remained alive of an extended family of fifty.

Sala's Gift is a heartbreaking, eye-opening story of survival and love amidst history's worst nightmare.

Customer Reviews ::

Sala's Gift - Carolina Girl - North Carolina
I've read lots of books on the holocaust and while I rated Sala's Gift a four, I'd like to explain the reason. Sala was a wonderful and warm young lady and her sacrifice was beyond belief. However, to me the thing that kept it from being a five star was the fact that it was told in the second person by her daughter. I think it would have been much more intriguing had she told it herself. However, it was still a very interesting read.