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Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy


Rating:

5 Stars


Themes:

Holocaust, Memoir, Non-Fiction


Thoughts:

This book encompasses Syvia’s life from 4 ½ years old to a day shy of 10 inside the Lodz ghetto. This is the first book I’ve read by someone who managed to survive in a ghetto the whole war and one of the few books I’ve seen from a child’s perspective which gives a great simple insight into her experience without overcomplicated adult emotions and the format makes it even more impactful. This book is written in an easy to read format that makes it hard to put down despite handling such a difficult subject.


Favourite Quote:

“I wish I could

rip the star off

(carefully, stitch by stitch, so as not to ruin

my lovely coat),

because yellow is meant to be

a happy colour,

not the colour of

hate.”

Comments

  1. "Yellow is meant to be a happy color." That's wonderful. It is also the color of hope. Now more than ever, it is important to tell the stories of the Holocaust to teach how hate leads to unspeakable horrors. These books are warnings. In my mother's memoir, (The Lindens Still Bloom- by Shoshana Kahn, with Dror Kahn) she tells what happened to her and the Jews of Liepaja, Latvia. It is also an exciting escape story.

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