title: Lucien's Story: A Memoir
author:  Aleksandra Kroh 
description: Through colleague Kroh, Lucien Duckstein, an esteemed scientist living in Arizona, recounts his experience as a Jewish child living in France during World War II. Lucien begins his story with his childhood in Paris, where his father was in the French Army. With the outbreak of the war, his once-normal life deteriorated to the point of total suffering. Lucien's father became a prisoner of war, and Lucien and his mother were sent to Drancy, a transit camp for Jews, where children starved with their mothers. Still, there was hope. Parents continued to provide some education for their children, and people organized evening get-togethers. Eventually, Lucien and his mother were transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where conditions were much more horrible. Lucien describes extreme hunger, illness, medical experiments, loss of religious faith, and the horror of roll call. This affecting memoir gives insight into the treatment of Jews living in France during the Holocaust, a topic rarely covered. Recommended for Holocaust collections.?Mary F. Salony, West Virginia Northern Community Coll. Lib., Wheeling<br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: **A MAN POSSESSED**
  
  > Lucien opened his eyes slowly. Bright white sunshine flooded through the
  > uncovered window, lighting the long-neglected room. Dust motes danced in the
  > air. The candle on the dresser had been snuffed out when it burned down to a
  > height of less than one inch. For a moment he was surprised to realize that
  > he was alive. Hadn’t he been sure at one moment that he was going to die?
  
  > He was warm, beneath the covers. Warm, because Evie was under the covers
  > with him, snuggled up against his body, her arms wrapped around him and her
  > head resting against his side. She had said that if she ever needed to be
  > there to pull him from the world of the dead into the world of the living,
  > she would do it.
  
  > Last night, she had done just that …
  
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   **CONTENTS**
  
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