Bibliograph

Cilka's journey, a novel, Heather Morris

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Cilka's journey, a novel, Heather Morris

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Cilka's journey

Oclc number

1111646228

Responsibility statement

Heather Morris

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Cilka was only 16 years old when she was taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, noticed her long beautiful hair, and forced her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka did what she had to in order to survive Auschwitz. And yet after Russian soldiers liberated Auschwitz in 1945, Cilka was charged as a collaborator and sentenced to serve a 15-year sentence for 'sleeping with the enemy'. Once again, she found herself on a brutal train journey, crammed into a carriage with many desperate women and children. This time, her destination was Siberia. She was by then only 18 years old. So began a new life of horror and brutality in a prison camp close to the Arctic Circle. But in this unimaginable darkness, this terror beyond terror, Cilka found endless resources within herself, her profound humanity and determination helping her to survive against all odds."--fantasticfiction.com

Target audience

adult

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