SURVIVING HITLER

SURVIVING HITLER BY Andrea Warren

Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren is the true story of fifteen-year-old Jack Mandelbaum. Jack was born into a well-to-do, loving, Jewish family in Poland. Their lives quickly changed due to the Nazis when the Germans occupied Poland. Separated from each other never to be reunited, this amazing man faced horrific hardships but decided to live his life not allowing himself to hate. This book is a testimony to forgiveness in the harshest of situations imaginable. Lots of photographs help to bring even more life to the text.

So why the small, blue flowers alongside the book in the picture? They are forget-me-nots. We often think of them with a romantic notion, but in this case I felt that it was applicable to put them alongside this precious book. I will remember!

Heads Up- This is not an easy read. It says it is for ages 10 and up, but I would push it up to more like 12 and up unless you have a child that can handle concentration camp violence. I can remember watching my first actual footage from concentration camps in eighth grade history. My teacher in my next period class always knew we had watched these films, because I would come into class as white as a sheet.