A Simple Life
A Simple Life by Giora Amir, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on September 8, 2016, is a 302-page autobiographical account that delves into the author’s experiences during the Holocaust in Slovakia. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1928, Amir recounts the impact of the Nazi regime and the racial discrimination that permeated his childhood. His narrative captures the harrowing journey of escaping to Hungary, only to return to Slovakia amidst the turmoil of war and the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz.
Readers will find an intimate exploration of survival and resilience as Amir shares his personal memories against the backdrop of 20th-century history. The book presents a vivid account of life in Slovakia, the challenges of evading capture, and the eventual struggle to rebuild after the devastation of war. Through his experiences in the Tatra mountains and beyond, Amir offers insights into the human spirit’s capacity to endure and adapt in the face of unimaginable adversity.
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Autobiographic memoires from the Holocaust in Slovakia
Giora Amir was born in Czehoslovakia in 1928. When the country was divided in 1939 into German Protetorate in Bohemia and Moravia, Slovakia became a country under quasi German rule, a country governed by racial discrimination and under Nazi protection. When the deportation from Slovakia to ghettos in Poland started, he escaped to Hungary – only to return to Slovakia a few years later, after the German army invaded Hungary and commenced the deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz.
20th century history merges with personal memories into a gripping and inspiring life story
A simple life is an intimate and absorbing report of childhood in Slovakia under racial discrimination; the dangerous escape to Hungary and the return to Slovakia amidst the war; surviving in the woods of Tatra mountains; and, eventually, making a new beginning and a new life from the wreckage.
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