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My bridges of hope searching for life and love after Auschwitz

In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.

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Main Author:	Jackson, Livia Bitton
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Simon Pulse, 2002.
Subjects:	Jackson, Livia Bitton > Childhood and youth. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Holocaust survivors > Slovakia > Biography. Jewish teenagers > Slovakia > Biography.
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Summary:	In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.
Item Description:	Sequel to: I have lived a thousand years.
Physical Description:	378 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN:	0689848986 (Pulse pbk.) 9780689848988 (Pulse pbk.)
Author Notes:	Livia Bitton-Jackson, born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was thirteen when she, her mother, and her brother were taken to Auschwitz. They were liberated in 1945 and came to the United States on a refugee boat in 1951. She received a PhD in Hebrew culture and Jewish history from New York University. Dr. Bitton-Jackson has been a professor of history at City University of New York for thirty-seven years. Her books include My Bridges of Hope and Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust , which received the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award, and the Jewish Heritage Award. Dr. Bitton-Jackson lives in Israel with her husband, children, and grandchildren.