Boriska's Prophecy: A True Story of Survival and Renewal Never Told Before [Hardcover]

Alice Dunn Adler (Author)

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In 1938 a fortune teller told a young Jewish fashion designer named Alice Dunn that she would encounter chaos and horror in her life but through perseverance would triumph over both. Using the details of this prediction as a framework, the author recounts her experiences in the years that followed. From her arrest in Budapest by the Nazis, through her internment in Auschwitz and Tchopau, her escape from a death camp train and subsequent journey to freedom and a new life in the United States, she weaves a story of pragmatic courage and limitless suspense. The emphasis of the memoir is on survival rather than Holocaust horrors, and specialists will be disappointed by the lack of descriptive detail and background. Not a necessary purchase, but the inspira tional tone and uncomplicated prose would make it a fine addition, especially to YA collections.
- Rose Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 348 pages
• Publisher: Acropolis Books Inc; 1st edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874919622
• ISBN-13: 978-0874919622
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,270,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A WOMAN CAUGHT UP IN THE CURRENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, September 7, 1998

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This review is from: Boriska's Prophecy: A True Story of Survival and Renewal Never Told Before (Hardcover)

An autobiography of a woman's survival during the Holocaust of the Second World War. As the owner of a middle class fashion boutique, Alice Dunn lived the good life until the currents of nazism came into her life. Born Jewish, she found that her "friends" became cold towards her as the Holocaust was approaching. Arrested and sent to Auschwitz, Alice survived a brutal weeding out of the weak to find herself a slave of the nazi regime. Sent to work in an industrial plant, she endured starvation as she watched the Germans being well feed. While being transfered, Alice escaped from a train and with much difficult made it to the American lines. In Paris, Alice found herself unable to transition back to the normal life after the war. The nightmares contined even when she moved to New York City. In time she was able to return to the good life she had known before the war. Hers is a powerful story of survival.