Sabina, Bella Kuligowska Zucker
Sabina, Bella Kuligowska Zucker
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Sabina
In the Eye of the Storm

Author: Bella Kuligowska Zucker

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/31/2019


Synopsis

This is the memoir written by Bella Kuligowska Zucker, the only person in her family to survive the Holocaust. In September 1939, Bella was a carefree teenager living in Poland when the German army struck. She was rounded up with her friends and family and sent to a series of grim Jewish ghettos. After loved ones were separated and lost through the war years, Bella survived by changing her identity.

Narrowly escaping death each time, she moved from place to place, odd job to odd job, new name to new name. After finding the birth certificate of a Catholic girl five years her senior, she became Sabina Mazurek. Then she went into the eye of the storm, Germany, where she believed she might be safest. Sabina is her story.

As in Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel, Bella Kuligowska marshaled unexpected resources to manage as a teen during the horrors of World War II. Sabina offers a different perspective on how many Jews survived outside of the concentration camps, in more familiar yet infinitely hostile settings, with the help of others along the way.

About Bella Kuligowska Zucker

Bella Kuligowska Zucker was born in Serock, Poland, in 1925. As a teenager she was separated from her family and found herself completely alone during a time of great peril. After the war, she moved to Chicago, Illinois, and spent her life dedicated to writing a memoir of her experiences during the Holocaust.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on March 27, 2023

How does a 14–15-year-old girl have the kind of awareness, wherewithal, and resilience to survive, hide her Jewish self, pass as a Polish peasant, travel alone using a stolen birth certificate, consciously lose any Jewish mannerisms or Yiddish accent, and survive in "the eye of the Nazi storm" in Po......more

Goodreads review by Pam on February 24, 2019

Sabina: In the Eye of the Storm is written by Bella Kuligowska Zucker. This is a Holocaust memoir which has been taken from the original, checked for facts, and finally published. It is the extraordinary story of a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl who escaped from the ghetto using only her own ingenuity......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on November 27, 2018

Review Different perspective then others written in this style. Touching. Enjoyed the documents and written letters that were saved . Truly added to the account and readers experience.......more

Goodreads review by Beth on May 31, 2020

'Sabina: In the Eye of the Storm' by Bella Kuligowska Zucker is an incredibly moving tale of the author's search for survival during the Holocaust. Her story is one of sadness, uncertainty, pain, and loss, but it is equally one of navigating seemingly insurmountable odds and having something at the......more

Goodreads review by Nicola L Ritter on March 15, 2025

"Sabina: In the Eye of the Storm" is a poignant memoir by Bella Kuligowska Zucker, detailing her survival during the Holocaust by assuming a Catholic identity. Separated from her family, Bella navigates a perilous journey through Nazi-occupied Poland and Germany, showcasing remarkable resilience and......more