The Endless Steppe A Girl in Exile Author:Esther Hautzig You are lively, pretty, with a nice home, lots of clothes - everything you want. Suddenly, one morning, soldiers come. You and your parents are put in a cattle car with 40 other people, and for six weeks you travel in stinking darkness, given only bread, soup, and water. — At last, weary and filthy, you find yourself in a small village on a vas... more »t plain - the endless Russian steppe. There, for the next five years, you live with hard work and bitter cold, always hungry, sharing a room with another family, yet somehow managing to go to school, make friends, and even go to a party!« less