I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

What is death? What is life? Thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann faces these questions while fighting for survival in a Nazi concentration camp. This memoir reveals both cruelty and suffering alongside hope, faith, perseverance, and love.

Before the war, Elli lived a normal life with family, friends, school, and dreams of being a celebrated poet. In March 1944, the Nazis invade Hungary, stripping Elli of school, possessions, and freedom. Forced into a crowded ghetto, privacy disappears and food grows scarce.

Elli’s strong will and faith help her endure, but this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come.