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Nine‑year‑old Piri narrates her bewilderment at being a Jewish child during the German occupation of her hometown, then part of Hungary and now in Ukraine, between 1939 and 1944. Through her personal account, she describes the hardships of living in the ghetto and the daily efforts needed to survive.
First publish date: 1968
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Aranka Siegal
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