I Will Protect You, Eva Mozes Kor
I Will Protect You, Eva Mozes Kor
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I Will Protect You
A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz

Author: Eva Mozes Kor, Danica Davidson

Narrator: Barrie Kreinik

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The illuminating and deeply moving true story of twin sisters who survived Nazi experimentation, against all odds, during the Holocaust.

Eva and her identical twin sister, Miriam, had a mostly happy childhood. Theirs was the only Jewish family in their small village in the Transylvanian mountains, but they didn't think much of it until anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in their school. Then, in 1944, ten-year-old Eva and her family were deported to Auschwitz. At its gates, Eva and Miriam were separated from their parents and other siblings, selected as subjects for Dr. Mengele's infamous medical experiments.

During the course of the war, Mengele would experiment on 3,000 twins. Only 160 would survive--including Eva and Miriam.

Writing with her friend Danica Davidson, Eva reveals how two young girls were able to survive the unimaginable cruelty of the Nazi regime, while also eventually finding healing and the capacity to forgive. Spare and poignant, I Will Protect You is a vital memoir of survival, loss, and forgiveness.

About Eva Mozes Kor

Eva Mozes Kor was born in 1934 in Portz in the Transylvania region of Romania. After surviving Auschwitz, she moved to the US and lived in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she ran the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center. In 2009, her YA book Surviving the Angel of Death became an international bestseller. A community leader, champion of human rights, and tireless educator, Eva has been covered in numerous media outlets and is the subject of a documentary, Eva A-7063. She died on July 4, 2019 in Poland during her annual visit with students to Auschwitz.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on August 18, 2022

I am so grateful that Eva was able to survive and tell her story. This is such an important book and it does something that I don't think happens enough in Holocaust literature for children. First, this book goes out of its way to explain repeatedly that the Nazis were not original. They took ideas a......more

Goodreads review by Diana on April 28, 2022

This memoir is beautifully written and no words can do it true justice. Several parts were hard to get through without breaking down crying, but Eva and Miriam's bravery kept me reading on. As a parent, it is hard to determine how and the right time to introduce the topic of the Holocaust to your chi......more

Goodreads review by Cara on May 13, 2022

Review to come. But all I have to say is go and read this book and share it with the world. Thank you Hachette Audio for the review copy.......more

Goodreads review by Cover Lover on May 14, 2022

Wow. Every once in a while, you read a book that pierces you through the heart and changes it forever. Being a true story and dealing with the Holocaust, I knew this story would be emotional, but I truly didn’t expect it to affect me as strongly as it did. Learning of Eva Mozes Kor’s story and so ma......more

Goodreads review by Pam on January 02, 2024

This is the story of Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister Miriam. The twins were among those selected for experimentation by Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz. The two little girls, among the others, had to undergo terrible experiments without knowing what was going on. The experiments were sometimes very painf......more

Quotes

“A compelling story of survival.”—Booklist

"Bright and compelling, Eva invites young readers to plant flowers of knowledge, love, and acceptance in their own minds. Moving and informative; a powerful resource for Holocaust education."—Kirkus Reviews

"Few Holocaust survivors have had Eva Mozes Kor’s impact. Together with Danica Davidson, the story of this young girl is narrated in a manner that I would not have thought possible, faithful to the history and yet accessible to young readers. Read this work and meet a person you will never forget with a story that is worth telling and retelling."—Michael Berenbaum, award-winning author; Professor of Jewish Studies, American Jewish University; and former Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Research Institute

"Danica Davidson has taken Eva Mozes Kor’s story and woven it into a straightforward yet harrowing account of astonishing courage in the face of unspeakable depravity.  An important and powerful contribution to the field of Holocaust literature for children."—Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of The Bicycle Spy and The Doll with the Yellow Star

"I Will Protect You is a well-written memoir, a gripping story of prejudice, hatred, horror and forgiveness.  It belongs on every shelf of books for young readers on the Nazi Holocaust and of books attacking racism."—David A. Adler, award-winning author of The Number On My Grandfather's Arm, We Remember The Holocaust, and many other books

"This riveting eyewitness account of the Nazi horrors, written in a way that a sympathetic young reader can understand, is needed now more than ever, in our present age of growing violence, intolerance and irrational hatred of the Other."—David Small, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stitches

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