Krystyna Chiger > Quotes

“I was a big philosopher when I saw on the chamber pot. I liked to sit and think and listen.”
― Krystyna Chiger with Daniel Paisner, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

“The day burned orange, like a photographic negative, and it would be a few days more before my eyes could adjust. It was like something out of science fiction.”
― Krystyna Chiger, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

“The only solace was that Wepke seemed to appreciate how fine a piano he was about to receive and that he could also play it beautifully. It was the poetic way to look at the injustice, to see that at least the piano would be enjoyed and put to beautiful use.”
― Krystyna Chiger with Daniel Paisner, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

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― Krystyna Chiger, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

“It was never If we returned to the outside. It was always When. In this there was probably the most important aspect of our survival: hope.”
― Krystyna Chiger, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow