I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree: A Memoir Of A Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman /
2008 / English / EPUB
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"HANNELORE, YOUR PAPA IS DEAD."
"HANNELORE, YOUR PAPA IS DEAD."
In the spring of 1942 Hannelore received a letter from Mama at her
school in Berlin, Germany--Papa had been arrested and taken to a
concentration camp. Six weeks later he was sent home; ashes in an
urn.
In the spring of 1942 Hannelore received a letter from Mama at her
school in Berlin, Germany--Papa had been arrested and taken to a
concentration camp. Six weeks later he was sent home; ashes in an
urn.
Soon another letter arrived. "The Gestapo has notified your
brothers and me that we are to be deported to the East--whatever
that means." Hannelore knew: labor camps, starvation,
beatings...How could Mama and her two younger brothers bear that?
She made a decision: She would go home and be deported with her
family. Despite the horrors she faced in eight labor and
concentration camps, Hannelore met and fell in love with a Polish
POW named Dick Hillman.
Soon another letter arrived. "The Gestapo has notified your
brothers and me that we are to be deported to the East--whatever
that means." Hannelore knew: labor camps, starvation,
beatings...How could Mama and her two younger brothers bear that?
She made a decision: She would go home and be deported with her
family. Despite the horrors she faced in eight labor and
concentration camps, Hannelore met and fell in love with a Polish
POW named Dick Hillman.
Oskar Schindler was their one hope to survive. Schindler had a plan
to take eleven hundred Jews to the safety of his new factory in
Czechoslovakia. Incredibly both she and Dick were added to his
list. But survival was not that simple. Weeks later Hannelore found
herself, alone, outside the gates of Auschwitz, pushed toward the
smoking crematoria.
Oskar Schindler was their one hope to survive. Schindler had a plan
to take eleven hundred Jews to the safety of his new factory in
Czechoslovakia. Incredibly both she and Dick were added to his
list. But survival was not that simple. Weeks later Hannelore found
herself, alone, outside the gates of Auschwitz, pushed toward the
smoking crematoria.I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree is the remarkable true story
of one young woman's nightmarish coming-of-age. But it is also a
story about the surprising possibilities for hope and love in one
of history's most brutal times.
is the remarkable true story
of one young woman's nightmarish coming-of-age. But it is also a
story about the surprising possibilities for hope and love in one
of history's most brutal times.