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The Girl in the Green Sweater

A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow

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The Girl in the Green Sweater

By: Krystyna Chiger, Daniel Paisner - contributor
Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
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The true story from the major motion picture In Darkness, official 2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing, and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the Holocaust. The Girl in the Green Sweater is Chiger's harrowing first-person account of the 14 months she spent with her family in the fetid, underground sewers of Lvov.

The Girl in the Green Sweater is also the story of Leopold Socha, the group's unlikely savior. A Polish Catholic and former thief, Socha risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food, medicine, and supplies. A moving memoir of a desperate escape and life under unimaginable circumstances, The Girl in the Green Sweater is ultimately a tale of intimate survival, friendship, and redemption.

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Compulsory reading . At schools for everyone. Share the absolute heartache and desperation that all Jewish people faced.
Beautifully narrated
Highly commended

Incredible Story

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This audiobook was so moving. I laughed, cried and shocked in so many places. It is a struggle to remember that this actually happened to people and not just a made up story. The story took you on the journey wholly, and not just listened too.

Just Wow!

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Well worth a listen.
It was such an incredible true story that both broke my heart and was uplifting in their strength.

What an incredible story

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the best part was how the people lived in the sewers and who helped them survive.

the length of survival

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