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I enjoyed this book and am amazed at the courage.

the amazing tale of a talented dressmaker who apprears to be gentile
and but ends up in a concentration camp and survives.

This is one of the most detailed accounts of survival through the death camps of the Holocaust that I have read. It details life in pre-war Romania and Hungary, and the slow, insiduous reach of the Nazi tentacles into the lives of Jewish citizens of those countries. Seren Tuvel survives the hardships and starvation of Ravensbruck concentration camp. What I found illuminating was the fact that the level of starvation endured by the female inmates of Ravensbruck far outdistanced that suffered by long-lasting survivors from parts of Auschwicz. From other accounts of Auschwicz, the Jews of that camp were extremely poorly treated. This book tells the story without rancor or hatred, in complete detail.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was touching and informative about a woman's experience during the Holocaust years.

Great book!!!

This is a very powerful memoir of a young woman's survival through the Holocaust. Sara Tuvel Bernstein lived through pre-world war II Germany as a spirited, indedependent teen who forged ahead with life. When she was interred, she took care of her family of sister and friends the best ways she could. She proved herself courageous, practical, and strong.