Maya Lee

Una historia real sobre una mujer en Auschwitz que puso su vida en juego para salvar muchas otras, un relato extraordinario de supervivencia y coraje. Marzo de 1942, una joven maestra de jard n de infancia llamada Magda Hellinger, procedente de Eslovaquia, fue deportada al campo de concentraci n de Auschwitz junto con casi mil mujeres m s, en el que ser a uno de los primeros arribos de mujeres jud as al terrible campo nazi. En muy poco tiempo la brutalidad del nazismo se volvi su realidad. Al poco tiempo, fue seleccionada para hacerse cargo del infame Bloque 10, en el que el personal m dico alem n experimentaba con los reclusos. En estas memorias, Magda nos relata c mo camin al filo de la navaja durante varios a os, tratando de salvar la mayor cantidad de vidas mientras sorteaba las sospechas de las SS y corr a el riesgo de ser ejecutada. A trav s de su fuerza interior y su instinto de supervivencia, pudo superar el horror y la crueldad de Auschwitz y construir relaciones de amistad con las mujeres bajo su vigilancia. La historia de Magda es un testimonio de c mo el esp ritu humano puede salir adelante aun en las condiciones m s deshumanizantes. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe "thought-provoking...must-read" (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness--in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer's Wife. In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in charge of the day-to-day accommodation blocks, they could deflect attention away from themselves. Magda was one such prisoner selected for leadership and put in charge of hundreds of women in the notorious Experimental Block 10. She found herself constantly walking a dangerously fine line: saving lives while avoiding suspicion by the SS and risking execution. Through her inner strength and shrewd survival instincts, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and even some of Auschwitz's most notorious Nazi senior officers. Based on Magda's personal account and completed by her daughter's extensive research, this is "an unputdownable account of resilience and the power of compassion" (Booklist) in the face of indescribable evil.

The Nazis Knew My Name is one woman's story about the bravery and kindness shown by her mother in the Holocaust concentration camps.

The "thought-provoking...must-read" (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness--in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer's Wife. In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in charge of the day-to-day accommodation blocks, they could deflect attention away from themselves. Magda was one such prisoner selected for leadership and put in charge of hundreds of women in the notorious Experimental Block 10. She found herself constantly walking a dangerously fine line: saving lives while avoiding suspicion by the SS and risking execution. Through her inner strength and shrewd survival instincts, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and even some of Auschwitz's most notorious Nazi senior officers. Based on Magda's personal account and completed by her daughter's extensive research, this is "an unputdownable account of resilience and the power of compassion" (Booklist) in the face of indescribable evil.

Maaliskuussa 1942 25-vuotias lastentarhanopettaja Magda Hellinger pakotettiin muiden paikkakunnan juutalaisnaisten tavoin nousemaan junaan Michalovcessa, Slovakiassa. Magdalle oli valehdeltu: perillä ei odottanutkaan uusi työpaikka tsekkiläisen Batan kenkätehtaalla, vaan hän ja muut junassa olleet naiset tajusivat joutuneensa Auschwitzin keskitysleirille. Hellinger joutui leirillä poikkeukselliseen tehtävään: SS-vartijat nimittivät hänet leirinvanhimman asemaan, vastuuseen tuhansista muista naisvangeista. Oman henkensä uhalla Hellingerin oli pidettävä yllä järjestystä jopa 30 000 vangin leirissä. Vankeutensa aikana hän löysi yhä uusia, usein uhkarohkeitakin tapoja vaikuttaa SS-vartijoiden päätöksentekoon ja leirin toimintaan. Älykäs keinottelu pelasti lukemattomia henkiä: Hellinger muun muassa salakuljetti satoja tohtori Mengelen kaasukammioon tuomitsemia naisvankeja turvaan ja auttoi monia lavantautiin sairastuneita ihmisiä kätkeytymään - löytyessään nämä olisivat kohdanneet varman kuoleman. Magda Hellingerin kanssa Auschwitziin saapuneista noin 7 000 naisesta alle 300 selvisi hengissä sodan loppuun. Kokonaisuudessaan Slovakian juutalaisista tapettiin yli 80 prosenttia. Vuosikymmeniä myöhemmin 87-vuotias Hellinger päätti kirjoittaa muistelmateoksen, jonka hänen tyttärensä Maya Lee myöhemmin kirjoitti uudelleen täydentäen kirjaa omalla tutkimustyöllään.

a book of my poetry through the first 3 years of high school. go through my ups and downs as i learn and grow. full warning, this book has some potentially triggering topics and a fair amount of profanity. it was my diary through my lowest lows and truly is a lot to handle.