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The Girl In The Green Sweater

The Girl In The Green Sweater, March 2012
by Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger

St. Martin's Press
304 pages
ISBN: 1250018986
EAN: 9781250018984
Kindle: B003H4I4S6
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"An Amazing Tale of Survival"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Girl In The Green Sweater
Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger

Reviewed by Kathyrn Little
Posted June 8, 2012

Non-Fiction

THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SWEATER in an intimate portrayal of young girl's memories of the Holocaust. Krystyna was a young girl when the Holocaust first began, but by the end of the Holocaust she was a mature young woman. As readers delve into THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SWEATER, characters literally come alive. Readers will grow very attached to certain characters and want to smack others upside the head. Krystyna tells of her reality both from a child's viewpoint and an adult's. Although you know the end result, you cannot help but hope the ending turns out differently. The vivid details and long descriptions enable readers to picture everything happening in front of them. As you finish THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SWEATER you will have found Krystyna's attitude amazing and feel how grateful she was towards those who helped her family. THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SWEATER is a must read for World War II history buffs.

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SUMMARY

Basis for the acclaimed film "In Darkness," official 2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the Holocaust. Originally published as The Girl in the Green Sweater, In Darkness is Chiger's harrowing first-person account of the fourteen months she spent with her family in the fetid, underground sewers of Lvov.In Darkness is also the story of Leopold Socha, the group's unlikely savior. A Polish Catholic and former thief, Socha risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food, medicine, and supplies. A moving memoir of a desperate escape and life under unimaginable circumstances, In Darkness is ultimately a tale of intimate survival, friendship, and redemption.


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