This one hurt my heart, but it was also inspiring. The strength and hope is just beyond what I can imagine. A wonderful read. Have tissues ready!

"I was born into a world that had forbidden my existence.The simple fact of me, had any of the authorities known, would have been enough to end my life before it had even begun. Still, I came. Small, and half-starved, yet determined to be alive, on one of the coldest nights in one of the darkest places in human history"Could a baby been born in Auschwitz and survive? It seems impossible and yet it is true. Generally babies were routinely killed in the camps for they could do no work...in fact th...

It feels bad to say how I love reading books about the Holocaust. It’s just something that has always interested me and I think they are also a great reminder and how we should be learning from that period of time.A story that is set in the camps, is always going to be an emotional read. The atrocities that went on inside them is just horrific. Through Eva and Sofie’s story though, we also get a glimpse of the friendships that happened inside as well as the hope and the fighting spirit that some...

I’ve always been interested in stories about Auschwitz and this one was great because it showed the strength of a group of women, against all the odds. This is a story of friendship and love in a hideous place. Eva is separated from her husband so tries to find him at Auschwitz but soon starts to lose hope due to the huge amount of men and women there. There’s details in the book that will shock you if you’ve not read about Auschwitz before, but this was necessary to show the real battle for sur...

This is a rather tepid treatment of the real horrors of Auschwitz. Some scenarios were completely unrealistic as will be obvious to anyone who has read a great deal about the death camps.Chapters written in Italics caused a disruption to the flow of the story. And the fact that the book is 230 pages there was little room to truly develop the characters or properly communicate the abhorrence of a death camp.By no stretch of the imagination would a phrase such as “Eva waited for Sofie to get home”...

Eva Adami had only been married for twelve months when they took her husband Michal away; sent him to the concentration camp at Terezin just north of Prague. When she and her parents followed a few months later, Eva was delighted to find Michal and although separated, she was able to see him frequently. But all too soon he was sent to Auschwitz – and Eva volunteered to be sent there; foolish or not, she needed to find Michal.Not having had any idea what she was in for, Eva was shocked and horrif...

This is the first book I have read by Lily Graham, I feel it’s improper to say I enjoyed a book based on an appalling time in history, but I found it to be a compelling read. It’s exquisitely written, a bittersweet tale, which recounts the story of Eva, one of thousands of women held captive in the death camp Auschwitz. The story shifts between two timelines, when Eva and Michael first met, and the troubling times that led up to the war and persecution of Jews, and the second focuses on Eva’s ti...

In 1942 Prague. Eva Adami has endured two long days, standing up in a train she's tired, hungry, thirsty, dirty and in shock. For Eva and thousands of other Jewish people, nothing could ever prepare them for the horror of the concentration camp known as Auschwitz and it's nightmare. When the train finally arrives, the guards are yelling at them to get out, dogs are barking, the women are sorted into groups and led into a large hall. Here the frightened women are told to remove their clothes, the...

What a fantastic read,this book about survival of friends who stick together in hard times and a love story.even if we know about what happens in the camps you feel the hardships of the characters this book was heartbreaking but its shows strength to survive well written book.well worth reading.

This story is about life in a concentration camp and The Holocaust. It follows the struggles of Eva and Sofie while they were prisoners in the Auschwitz Concentration camp. We learn of the events that's brought them together and we witness their struggle to survive. The narrative is told is duel timelines. One is told in the present which is 1942 and the other I the past which is 1938. The book is set between a terrible atrocity. This is a beautifully written story. There are some genuine lovely...

Evocative, tragic, and heartrending!The Child of Auschwitz is an immersive, affecting tale set during WWII that takes you into the lives of two young Jewish women, Eva and Sofie, as they do whatever it takes to help each other survive life in the Auschwitz concentration camp in order to one day reunite with the people that have kept their fighting spirits alive, Eva’s husband Michal and Sofie’s son Tomas.The prose is insightful and authentic. The characters are resilient, caring, and brave. And

This book had me as soon as I saw it was inspired by a true story. The Child Of Auschwitz is an absolutely heartbreaking story of friendship, love and survival. The friendship between Eva and Sofie was truly beautiful. It's unbelievable to think a baby could be born and survive in such horrific conditions. Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for my gifted copy!

This book was inspired by the true story of Vera Bein who gave birth to her daughter in the top bunk of camp C at Auschwitz-Birkenau in December 1944. The baby weighed just 1kg and was too weak to cry. Records show that at least 700 children were born in Auschwitz-Birkenau and to date only a handful of them are known to have survived. While the atrocities inflicted on fellow human beings described here are unimaginable and incomprehensible, this is also a story about hope, courage, a determinati...

I love World War II Historical Fiction and this book did not disappoint. This is the story of Eva Adami, her best friend Sofie Weis, Helga and Vanda who are all imprisoned in Auschwitz trying to survive the horrors of the concentration camp during World War II. It is told in a then and now format with then detailing Eva being a 21-year-old artist falling in love and eventually marrying Michal Adami, a concert violinist. This is a heartbreaking story that is a real page turner. Thank you to NetGa...

The holocaust is a time in history I’ve always felt drawn to and I’ve read many books, both fact and fiction, about it. You know a book about this subject will always be emotional and this is no exception. Compelling, tender and poignant, this book swallowed me whole. I devoured it quickly, unable to put it down once I’d started reading. It is a story of strength and hope. Of finding light in the darkest times and the kindness that can be found in humanity even amongst the wretchedness and evil....

Hope and Promises in the most dire circumstancesDuring the Nazi occupation the Jewish people were subjected to great hardship and injustice simply because they were Jewish. They were rounded up and sent to camps, families were separated and many were burned in the gas chambers or perished because of the deplorable conditions in camps such as Auschwitz. Few survived and even fewer were the children.This is the story of a child that was born in Auschwitz and survived. It is the story of Eve and Mi...