She never wanted to accept help from others. In April , British tanks liberated the prisoners of Bergen-Belsen.
In a Displaced Persons Camp after the war, Goldie made new friends and began her new life. Her family, she discovered, had been deported to Auschwitz and she remained with an adopted family as they moved around in search of other surviving relatives. It was in Stuttgart that Goldie met Sol Finkelstein.
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He pursued her and asked her to marry him. Sol and Goldie have three children and several grandchildren. They feel blessed with their legacy. This story is told in a sweet manner, perfect for middle school and high school students to read. Teachers may want to choose specific sections that they feel are most fitting to their students, but this testimony provides a good background in prewar life as well as life after the Holocaust, in addition to the horrific experience of the ghettos and camps.
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It is touching and a good alternative to a video testimony for use in the classroom. Skip to main content. Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays. Drive to Yad Vashem: For more Visiting Information click here. Jennings, Sol and Goldie Finkelstein Xlibris, pages This well-written book tells the stories of Sol Finkelstein and Goldie Cukier Finkelstein, two Holocaust survivors who met after the war and married. Interested in receiving information and updates from Yad Vashem? Thank you for registering to receive information from Yad Vashem.
You will receive periodic updates regarding recent events, publications and new initiatives. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. And yet, she goes on, and she also triumphs over mindless cruelty, disease, hunger, cold and the mind-deadening Nazi system of grinding down humanity.
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This story has a happy ending, in the truest sense, and you will be amazed at where these two adventurers wind up, and where they raise their family. I will just say it involves, improbably, lots of chickens This book is meticulously researched, and beautifully written. It is a wonderful human story. Like many others,I have learned a great deal about the unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust. Reading "I Choose Life" had a different effect on me.
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I don't ever remember smiling or feeling hopeful at the end of those experiences. On the contrary, I have always felt anger and sadness.
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The personalized accounts of Sol's and Goldie's journeys, coupled with the historical facts and pictures, made it all the easier to read and understand their story. Although their pain was palpable and their treatment inhumane, they were still able to "choose life" and all it had to offer, over hate This story is so special because it's not only about survival, but also about the resiliance and triumph of the human spirit. Sol's and Goldie's abilities to see the positive and to care for others and each other, are an example to us all.
Looking at their smiling family pictures makes you smile too and feel hopeful that sometimes goodness really can triumph over evil. This book is an uplifting surprise for folk that think Holocaust memoirs are uniformlly depressing. The Finkelstein's along with Jerry Jennings have crafted a story of courage, fortitude, risk taking, strenth of family, and the ability to recognise and take opportunities that come your way, as well as the importance of chuptsa.
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For the Finkelsteins the stakes were liife and death. We can take many lessons frrom their story to help us cope and flourish in our own not so dangerous lives. I took many lessons from their story. Perhaps the best is that some times you have to get out of the line in which someone or yourself puts you iand get in the other line. For the Finklesteins this meant life. Please buy and read this book for the life's lessopns you will find in it. This book is very readable, AND an important addition to twentieth century history. While we are all familiar with the Holocaust subject, this book personalizes it for three generations of two families.
We both read it, and have decided that it should be a part of each of our four childrens' libraries! Not only does this book detail the lives of two families who lived this horror, but addresses how two people moved forward in their own lives, and raised a family in their own aftermath. A true message of strength, faith, and love. I have read other Holocaust memoirs, but this one stands out because it is so full of life, so full of details and so incredibly well-researched. Every time the author mentions an event in the life of Sol or Goldie, a Nazi document is included which verifies that event.
Sol and Goldie are true heroes for being willing to share their very personal stories with the rest of us. Many thanks to them and to Jerry Jennings for writing this incredible book! An important, engaging memoir that is easy to read and hard to forget. The true stories of two young Jews and their experiences during the Holocaust, how they suvived concentration camps and personal devastating losses, this book is educational, moving, and inspirational. Told in the first person, you will truly get to know these individuals and become involved in their experiences.
You will walk in their shoes, appreciate their sense of humor, and be impacted by their strong committment to family and faith.
Appropriate for middle or high school age students and adults, this is a wonderful, worthwhile book. See all 13 reviews. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide.
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