I have lived a thousand years growing up in the Holocaust

The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Main Author:	Jackson, Livia Bitton.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Jackson, Livia Bitton > Young adult nonfiction. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Young adult nonfiction. Jews > Persecutions > Young adult nonfiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Hungary > Personal narratives > Young adult nonfiction. Hungary > Ethnic relations > Young adult nonfiction.

Summary:	The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Physical Description:	224 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780689823954 0689823959 0689810229 9780689810220 9781442006973 1442006978
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 previous books include 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.