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Gr 4 Up—Polish born Tola (Tova) Friedman has penned a memoir about how she survived the Auschwitz concentration camp as a child. Readers will take comfort in that the book opens with a scene in 1950 New York City where Tola is celebrating her birthday with both of her parents. However, this scene is one of the only comforts in this heartrending account. The bulk of the story is of Tola and her parents living in Poland when the Nazis invade and banish the Jews to live in a ghetto where 15,000 people were forced into 250 apartme...Log In or Sign Up to Read More