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Title: A Relatively Unknown Part of the Holocaust Experience
Review: I first read this book when I chose it from the RIF program in 8th grade many years ago. It is still one of my favorite books.As a young Jewish girl living in Poland in 1939, Esther awakens one day to find her family being taken captive by the invading Russian Army. The deportation by the Russians of Esther's family's to Siberia is a blessing in disguise, though, as it allows them to remain mostly together as a family and ultimately saves their lives, while their other family and friends who were captured by the Germans, met the fate of most Polish Jews during WWII.Her experiences, while differing from those of most European Jews during WWII, are just as important to know about.
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