The Girl in the Red Coat A Memoir eBook Roma Ligocka
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When she first saw Schindler's List--to whose premiere in Germany she was invited--Roma Ligocka suddenly realized she was witnessing a part of her own life. She felt instinctively that the little girl in the red coat--the only spot of color in the film--was her. When she had lived in the Krakow ghetto during the Second World War she had worn a strawberry-red coat given to her by her grandmother. Unlike the girl in Spielbeg's film, however, Roma survived the war. Startled by this eerie conjunction of art and reality, Ligocka determined to write the story of her own life, to find out what had become of the little girl, and to measure who she now was.
From a harrowing childhood under the Nazis, described with a simplicity and innocence that lends it even greater power, through the trials of living in Communist Poland, to a career in the theater and film (an artistic struggle paralleling that of her cousin, Roman Polanski), Ligocka traces her struggle for self-defiition and happiness. The Girl in the Red Coat is a courageous and moving story of survival and triumph.
The Girl in the Red Coat A Memoir eBook Roma Ligocka
Roma's story shot straight to my heart and reminded me once more that after seeing Schindler's List, I walked to my car, climbed in and sobbed uncontrollably. No film before or since has shaken me to my core like it did. Too brazenly and too realistically, like this story, it revealed the awful horrors of that time.Roma's brave memoir remembers it, first-hand, and reminds us once more that Man must Never Forget. I thank her for putting her pain in words and telling her point of view. Mostly, I want to apologize for the fear and pain she and her family suffered, as I'm sure not many said they were sorry back then.
She is a Survivor. And was saved so that her story could have a voice. I thank her for sharing it with us.
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The Girl in the Red Coat A Memoir eBook Roma Ligocka Reviews
This book is wonderful, very touching and lends a personal twist to a terrible story which must never be forgotten.
riveting
I got this book from the library after reading another Holocaust survivor story. It is so real and heartbreaking, but even in its honesty it brings a nostalgia for home and family and an understanding of what people go through to protect and love each other.
I bought it here for my mother, who was born here in Tennessee the same year the Girl in the Red Coat was born in Germany. She will really love it.
Great book
after watching and reading about the making of Schindler's list, this book had special meaning. I wonder how many people realize there really was a girl in the Warsaw ghetto during WWII who wore a red coat. Thank you.
Such a well crafted memoir. A telling of the Holocaust from a Polish child's perspective, the horror of which was compounded by Communist take over.
I read this book right after it was published and as the grandchild of those who escaped The Holocaust, I can relate to the psychological damage Ms. Ligocka refers to many times in her memoir. This is one of the most interesting and heart wrenching books I have ever read. I suggest it to anyone who comes from similar roots and also to anyone who wants to know about the psychology of WWII history. Beautifully written and straight from the heart.
Roma's story shot straight to my heart and reminded me once more that after seeing Schindler's List, I walked to my car, climbed in and sobbed uncontrollably. No film before or since has shaken me to my core like it did. Too brazenly and too realistically, like this story, it revealed the awful horrors of that time.
Roma's brave memoir remembers it, first-hand, and reminds us once more that Man must Never Forget. I thank her for putting her pain in words and telling her point of view. Mostly, I want to apologize for the fear and pain she and her family suffered, as I'm sure not many said they were sorry back then.
She is a Survivor. And was saved so that her story could have a voice. I thank her for sharing it with us.
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