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the girl in the green sweater a life in holocausts shadow
p in 1943 with lvovs 150 000 jews having been exiled killed or forced into ghettos and facing extermination a group of polish jews daringly sought refuge in the citys sewer system . the last surviving member this group krystyna chiger shares one of the most intimate harrowing and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the holocaust . the girl in the green sweater is chigers first person account of the fourteen months she spent with her family in the fetid sewers of lvov . br the girl in the green sweater is also the story of leopold socha the groups unlikely savior . a polish catholic and former thief socha risked his life to help chigers underground family survive bringing them food and supplies . a moving memoir of life under unimaginable circumstances the girl in the green sweater is ultimately a tale of intimate survival friendship and redemption .
paperback st. martins griffin 2009 isbn13 9780312376574 isbn10 031237657x
abridged n isbn 13 9780312376574 number in series 1 number of pages 272 publisher st martins pr release date 1254182400000