Youth in Flames: A Teenager's Resistance and Her Fight for

Youth in Flames: A Teenager's Resistance and Her Fight for Survival in the Warsaw Ghetto

Aliza Vitis-Shomron was born in Warsaw into a wealthy merchant family, where Jewish tradition mixed with Polish culture. In September 1939, when the Nazis began their reign of terror in Europe and invaded Poland, Aliza was eleven years old.

In her diariesâ€”furtively written on scraps of precious paper that she kept throughout the warâ€”she described the history of her family, struggling to survive in the occupied Warsaw Ghetto. Those diaries and later writings formed the basis for this memoir. Becoming a member of Hashomer Hatzair, the noted youth movement in the Warsaw Ghetto, gave Aliza hope and encouraged her to fight for survival.

As a result of an extraordinary series of â€œmiracles,â€ Aliza managed to survive after being sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was among those liberated by American troops, and she has continued to tell the story throughout her life.

Aliza is among the last of the Warsaw Ghetto survivors. She has been passionately lecturing around the world about the revolt, and she has escorted numerous youth groups on their visits to Poland. This book has been previously translated and published in Hungarian, Polish, and Hebrew.
Country USA
Manufacturer Tell The Story Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-10-05
Format Kindle eBook

Youth in Flames: A Teenager's Resistance and Her Fight for Survival in the Warsaw Ghetto