The Forbidden Daughter
The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
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The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth.
Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet, despite the fear of death, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife Tzila choose to bring a daughter into the world, a little girl they name Elida—meaning non-birth in Hebrew.
To increase their child’s chance of survival, the Friedmans smuggle the baby out of the ghetto and into the arms of a non-Jewish farm family when Elida is only three months old. It is the beginning of a life marked by constant upheaval. When the Nazis raze the entire Kovno Ghetto, Jonah and Tzila are among those killed. Their only child is left orphaned and alone, dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Despite her circumstances, Elida grows up, changing families, countries, continents, and even names, countless times. Surviving the war and the Holocaust that stole her parents, the young woman never gives up hope. In her lifelong pursuit to find love and belonging, she works to rebuild her identity and triumph over her terrible circumstances.
A moving, powerful chronicle of overcoming impossible odds, The Forbidden Daughter is the true story of one unforgettable woman and her will to survive.
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Shocking, sad, a real eye opener!!
- By Jim on 08-31-17
By: Anthony S. Pitch
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Survivors
- True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
- By: Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children's experiences during the Holocaust. These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and girls whose lives spiraled into danger and fear as the Holocaust overtook Europe. In a time of great horror, these children each found a way to make it through the nightmare of war. Their legacy of courage in the face of hatred will move you, captivate you, and ultimately, inspire you.
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Stories everyone should hear
- By Skye on 06-28-20
By: Allan Zullo, and others
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First One In, Last One Out
- Auschwitz Survivor 31321: A Memoir
- By: Marilyn Shimon
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The horrifying true story of one of the first eight men to enter Auschwitz. Growing up in New York, Marilyn Shimon often visited her uncle in California. She saw his scars, gaped at his 31321 tattoo and listened to his horrific stories of surviving the Holocaust. However, she could not relate to the suffering he endured or understand the significance of his accounts until now.
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Horrible narrator
- By Rachel Comegys on 09-06-24
By: Marilyn Shimon
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999
- The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
- By: Heather Dune Macadam, Caroline Moorehead - foreword
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women - many of them teenagers - were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reich Marks (about $200) apiece for Nazis to take them as slave labor. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few survived.
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I don’t think you can ever fully understand
- By Shelley on 02-25-20
By: Heather Dune Macadam, and others
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The Holocaust
- A New History
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: Eric Vale
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurence Rees has spent 25 years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well.
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FANTASTIC BOOK, BUT HORRIBLE READING
- By Aspen on 08-31-17
By: Laurence Rees
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Among the Reeds
- The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust
- By: Tammy Bottner
- Narrated by: Tammy Bottner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A young Jewish mother. A Nazi occupation bent on genocide. A heart-breaking decision that will tear a young family apart. Among the Reeds is a deeply personal family memoir that is part biography, part psychological observation of the extraordinary wartime lives of a persecuted people. If you like true stories of courage, heart-stopping near misses, and tear-jerking choices, then you’ll love Tammy Bottner’s compelling account.
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Epigenetics
- By Anonymous User on 01-20-25
By: Tammy Bottner
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Our Crime Was Being Jewish
- Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories
- By: Anthony S. Pitch
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Fenella Fudge
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings sent to the gas chambers; of starving children beaten for trying to steal a morsel of food; of people who saw their friends commit suicide to save themselves from the daily agony they endured.
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Shocking, sad, a real eye opener!!
- By Jim on 08-31-17
By: Anthony S. Pitch
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- turtles2
- 05-10-24
Excellent
I really enjoyed this book, grasped some of the suffering of Jews and others in this historical context.
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- michael petro
- 11-10-24
Born in Fire, Died in Fire, Elida✡️ 💙🇮🇱🇺🇸💙✡️
This is my third time reading this amazing Biographical novel. I am currently using the book to enhance the experience of my student’s participation in the LOTS program (Lessons on the Shoah) at the John Carroll High School in Bel Air, MD. This year’s theme is, “How children experienced the Holocaust (before, during, and after).” I read the book last summer and Elida’s story will always remain in my heart and mind, I wanted to share Elida’s story with others. The end of Chapter 8 and epilogue brings me to tears with every read. Am Yisrael Chai! May Elida’s memory forever be a blessing!💙✡️💙
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- jolie
- 06-20-24
Wonderfully unexpected
This book did not fit the typical holocaust genere. Elida was a baby during the war. I found her post war struggle so interesting. Elida faced tremendous upheaval throughout her life and carried the scars of a difficult upbringing with her into adulthood. You can't help rooting for her as her life constantly changes. I recommend this book for anyone interested in Jewish history post WW2.
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