Krystyna is seven. She is a Jew living in Poland. She has always been a princess from a family that does reasonably well for itself. She lives in an apartment with her younger brother and her parents. She is happy.
But the year is 1943.
First the Russians come. Things fall apart for the Chiger family. They are forced to divide their apartment, then their worldly goods, then they find themselves out of jobs, forced into impoverished situations.
And then the Germans come...and you know where that part of the story is headed.
In order to survive, Chiger and her family are forced down below the city of Lvov to live in the sewer system. And though that is an extremely awful and trying experience for the Chiger's, Krystyna describes it as something that had to be done so that they could live. As negative as she could be, Chiger finds positive in a lot of the things that went on, giving this book an overall good feeling. Don't get me wrong, you are sick to your stomach and upset about what is going on; her childlike perspective helps you through the worst parts.
Interestingly enough, the green sweater for which the book is named, is part of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Chiger's story is one definitely worth reading.
But the year is 1943.
First the Russians come. Things fall apart for the Chiger family. They are forced to divide their apartment, then their worldly goods, then they find themselves out of jobs, forced into impoverished situations.
And then the Germans come...and you know where that part of the story is headed.
In order to survive, Chiger and her family are forced down below the city of Lvov to live in the sewer system. And though that is an extremely awful and trying experience for the Chiger's, Krystyna describes it as something that had to be done so that they could live. As negative as she could be, Chiger finds positive in a lot of the things that went on, giving this book an overall good feeling. Don't get me wrong, you are sick to your stomach and upset about what is going on; her childlike perspective helps you through the worst parts.
Interestingly enough, the green sweater for which the book is named, is part of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Chiger's story is one definitely worth reading.
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