weiter leben

By Ruth Klüger

Subjects: Biography, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jewish children, Holocaust survivors, New york (state), biography, World War, 1939-1945, Kluger, ruth, 1933-, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), New York Times reviewed, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives, Jews, biography, German Prisoners and prisons, Jews, austria, Prisoners and prisons, German, Jews, Personal narratives

Description: Swept up as a child in the events of Nazi-era Europe, Kluger saw her family's comfortable Vienna existence destroyed. Despite her shattered childhood, Kluger eventually reclaimed her life. A coming-of-age story that delves into the unsentimental observations of childhood, "Still Alive" rejects easy assumptions about history as Kluger relates how she and her family survived the Holocaust.