It will make you see the world in a new way-and it will make you want to change what you see. I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a searing story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time it is a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. In intimate, excruciating details, she recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenage camp inmates, and the tiny but miraculous twists of fate that helped her survive against all odds. Includes a brief chronology of the Holocaust. Kathie Never Forget Reviewed in the United States on Verified Purchase I read this book following a PBS special about a survivor of the Nazi Death Camps who had not only written a book about her horrific experience, but had also gone out to speak to high school students regarding her experiences. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. A graphic narrative describes what happens to a 13-year-old Jewish girl when the Nazis invade Hungary in 1944. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust Themes Livia Bitton-Jackson This Study Guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of I Have Lived a Thousand Years. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was thirteen years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes, in intimate and excruciating detail. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isn't enough food to eat. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann who was thirteen years old in March 1944 when the Nazis invaded Hungary. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors.

Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family-life itself.

I have lived a thousand years