Gazing at the Stars

<h2><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>'These events the persecution of my people have become part of the collection of facts that people now call history. I lived these facts every day. They are part of my memory.'</em></strong></h2><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In March 1939 seven-year-old Eva Weiss's innocence was shattered by Germany's invasion of her homeland Slovakia. Over the next five years as the Nazi persecution of Europe's Jews gathered momentum Eva's parents were forced to send their children into hiding but she and her sister Marta could not avoid capture.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In this remarkable memoir Eva recounts her experiences at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. There she witnessed countless horrors and was herself subjected to torture extreme deprivation and medical experimentation at the hands of the notorious Dr Josef Mengele. When the Soviet army liberated the survivors of Auschwitz early in 1945 Eva and Marta faced a new challenge: crossing war-torn Europe to be reunited with their family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Narrated with the heartbreaking innocence of a young girl and the wisdom of a woman of eighty-three </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Gazing at the Stars</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a record of survival in the face of unimaginable evil. It is the culmination of Eva Slonim's lifelong commitment to educating the world about the Holocaust and to keeping alive the memory of the many who perished.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Eva's account of her experiences is remarkable in its detail particularly when one considers her age. Through her 14-year-old eyes the daily humiliations deprivations and tortures of Auschwitz are thrown into sharp relief.' </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>-</em><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>The Age</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'An extraordinary memoir that is brimming with courage hope and love in the face of evil. Slonim's story . . . is a must read for everyone.' -</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Books and Publishing</em></strong></p>