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Name: I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Author: Laura Hillman

📘 I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman

In 1942, Hannelore Wolff decides to leave Berlin’s boarding school in order to be with her family, who are being deported to a Polish ghetto. The Gestapo has already killed her father, and her mother and brothers are in danger. Choosing to stay together, Hannelore endures a harrowing journey through eight concentration camps, including Auschwitz. During this ordeal she meets Dick Hillman, a young man who falls in love with her. They are separated for a time, but he remains steadfast, promising to find her wherever she is. Both are later placed on Oskar Schindler’s list, and they finally reunite and marry. "I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree" chronicles Hannelore’s incredible story of courage, strength, and love amid the horrors of the Holocaust.

First publish date: 2003

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Laura Hillman

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