As Long As I Hope to Live

Name: As Long As I Hope to Live
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SKU: 9781529385960
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The moving, true story of a Jewish girl under Nazi occupation

By Claudia Carli

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As Long As I Hope to Live by Claudia Carli intertwines personal narratives and historical events, offering a poignant exploration of resilience during times of conflict. Set against the backdrop of war, it delves into the experiences of individuals who navigate tumultuous circumstances with hope and determination. The book provides an intimate look at the enduring human spirit amidst adversity, capturing both personal and collective journeys.
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As Long As I Hope to Live

The true and moving holocaust story of Jewish schoolgirl Alie Lopes Dias and the fate of her schoolfriends in Amsterdam. Only six of the 19 survived the war.

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An extraordinary book . . . vivid and heart-breaking

The Jewish Chronicle

Through the discovery of a precious friendship album belonging to 12-year-old Alie, a Jewish schoolgirl in Amsterdam, Claudia Carli has traced and preserved the lives of an entire class of girls, most of whom did not survive the War.

Alie and her friends are brought touchingly and vividly to life, along with their writings, in this extraordinary book. Their everyday hopes, pleasures, and longings are offset by the constant fear of a knock on the door, a missing friend from class, a family member taken away.

Alie and her mother were to die in Sobibor in 1943. Alie's sister Gretha survived Auschwitz and kept her promise to her sister to preserve the friendship album so long as she hoped to live. This book will sit alongside Anne Frank's diary and The Cutout Girl as a unique window into occupied Amsterdam and the girls who will now never be forgotten.

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As Long As I Hope to Live by Claudia Carli has been described as extraordinary and is noted for its vivid and heart-breaking narrative, according to The Jewish Chronicle.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529385960

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Claudia Carli's friendship with Alie Lopes Dias's sister Gretha and discovery of Alie's friendship album set her on a decade-long mission to trace the girls' lives and preserve their memories. Her book is as faithful as it can be to every detail she learned from Gretha and the few women who have survived.

She is currently a project leader for the educational project War In My Neighbourhood, which brings elderly and children together around stories from WW2. She lives in Amsterdam.