Emilia: The darkest days in history of Nazi Germany through a woman's eyes
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LYNII6Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 539 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Readers' Favorite - winner in the Historical fiction category (2016) - "The Girl from Berlin: Standartenfuhrer's Wife" (first place) Readers' Favorite - winner in the Historical fiction category (2016) - "The Austrian" (honorable mention) New Apple - 2016 Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing - "The Austrian" (official selection) . Ellie Midwood is an award-winning, best-selling historical fiction wr
A compelling important read Emilia: The darkest days in history of Nazi Germany through a woman's eyes By Ellie MidwoodIt’s the late 1930s and an idealistic Jewish man, father to Emilia, prides himself in being a German and even welcomes the evil new ruler’s appointment to Chancellor. Oskar Brettenheimer believed that Hitler would make Germany strong again. That poor man’s hope was shattered when in 1938 all Jews were targeted and told to report to immigration department and wear a yellow band. Oskar fled with his wife Hanna, three sons (Ariel, Alfred and Martin), and youngest Emilia, to Poland where he opened a Jewelry shop. Once again. carissa backherms said This story is so jarring, but you won't be able to put it down!. This book is emotional and jarring! Maybe Ellie's most moving story yet!Told from the perspective of a Jewish woman named Emilia, her and her family are caught in the nightmarish path of the Nazi regime. To protect her family, she submits to a dreadful fate.Enduring sexual abuse and horrific violence, she holds nothing back as she tells her story. Her story is one of many, people on both sides (tormentors and victims) changing the course of history, and devastating so many lives.There were times when I had to set the book and just take it all in. And I love when a book makes me feel so affected.This story was heartbreaking for. "Must read" according to astrid allard. Empathy: this is the word that shines in my mind as I close this book. Empathy from the author, both for victims and tormentors, empathy from Emilia whose life has been wrecked over and over again yet can find the compassion to forgive the very men who hurt her soThis novel is moving, heartbreaking, impossible to read at times but so very perfect Emilia isn't just a character from a book. She is a real woman with hopes,regrets and dreams and the biggest heart. I marvel at Midwood's talent for characterization. Every single character felt real to me.The author writes about a most delicate subject with such respect and elegance
Emilia is a young Jewish woman, whose life slowly turns into a nightmare as she finds herself facing a dreadful choice: to secure her family’s very existence by offering herself to one of the men who had put her behind the walls with barbed wire, or perish together with the least fortunate ones. Only, the Krakow ghetto and her very first abuser pale in comparison to what is yet to come, as she’s being sent to a place that soon will turn into her own personal hell and that will scar her for life…. This book is based on one of those stories. This story is dedicated to all the victims of sexual slavery in German concentration camps, who had to endure inhumane suffering under the Nazi regime.For many years after the atrocities had been committed, both sides – the abusers and the abused – still vehemently denied certain aspects of the Holocaust, and even the victims refused to admit the ugly truth about their incarceration, some out of fear, some out of shame, until several women decided to break an unofficial oath of silence, and brought their stories to life
Readers' Favorite - winner in the Historical fiction category (2016) - "The Girl from Berlin: Standartenfuhrer's Wife" (first place) Readers' Favorite - winner in the Historical fiction category (2016) - "The Austrian" (honorable mention) New Apple - 2016 Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing - "The Austrian" (official selection) . She's a health obsessed yoga enthusiast, a neat freak, an adventurer, Nazi Germany history expert, polyglot, philosopher, a proud Jew and a doggie mama. About the Author