{"title":"Franci Epstein PDF E-Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"francis-war","title":"Franci's War","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat are you willing to do to survive? What are you willing to endure if it means you might live?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope . . . Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a stand-out memoir' \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A story that neads to be heard' 5***** Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEntering Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp, Franci was expected to die. She refused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the summer of 1942, twenty-two-year-old Franci Rabinek - designated a Jew by the Nazi racial laws - arrived at Terezin, a concentration camp and ghetto forty miles north of her home in Prague. It would be the beginning of her three-year journey from Terezin to the Czech family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, to the slave labour camps in Hamburg, and finally to Bergen Belsen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranci, a spirited and glamorous young woman, was known among her fellow inmates as the Prague dress designer. Having endured the transportation of her parents, she never forgot her mother's parting words:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Your only duty to us is to stay alive'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring an Auschwitz selection, Franci would spontaneously lie to Nazi officer Dr Josef Mengele, and claim to be an electrician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA split-second decision that would go on to endanger - and save - her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnpublished for 50 years, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranci's War\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing account of one woman's attempt to survive those dark years. Heartbreaking, candid, and sometimes unbearably funny, she gives voice to the women prisoners in her tight-knit circle of friends. Her testimony sheds new light on the alliances, love affairs, and sexual barter that took place during the Holocaust, offering a compelling insight into the resilience and courage of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbove all, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranci's War\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to explore what it takes to survive, and what it means to truly live.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A candid account of shocking events. Franci is someone many women today will be able to identify with' 5***** Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'First-hand accounts of life in Nazi death camps never lose their terrible power but few are as extraordinary as \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranci's War\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Fascinating and traumatic. Well worth a read' 5***** Reader Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46483151356178,"sku":"","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/Franci_sWar.jpg?v=1692768609"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goode-books.com\/collections\/franci-epstein-pdf-e-books.oembed","provider":"Good E-Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}