Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival, Europe 1939-1945

by Alison Leslie Gold

A collection of personal accounts conveys the experiences of Europeans during the Second World War, from the story of a young Jewish woman who strove to protect her baby sister to a Nazi's son who discovered a lifelong passion for the theater.

Genres: Nonfiction, Holocaust, History, War, Book Club, World War II, Short Stories

244 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Alison Leslie Gold is an American author. Her books include Anne Frank Remembered, Clairvoyant: the Imagined Life of Lucia Joyce, The Devil's Mistress, and Memories of Anne Frank. She has written literary fiction as well as books for young people on a wide range of subjects including alcoholic intervention and the Holocaust as experienced by the young. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages.

Reviews

[Janja]

Books written in this genre and theme , you simply can't rated, you can only hope that something like this never happen again!

[Tim Goring]

A collection of stories about survivors of WWII, mostly Jews. Heartwrenching as are most Holocaust narratives, but also inspiring. I was most intrigued by the story of a woman who lost her sense of smell working next to the crematorium at a concentration camp. After she visited the camp nearly 50 years later, she suddenly realized that she could smell again!

[Meaghan]

A lot of this was kind of repetitive for me, because I'd already read the memoirs the chapters were quoted/summarized from. But some of the material I had not previously encountered, and if you haven't read as much Holocaust literature as I have, you'll probably learn much about history, human nature, and sheer dumb luck.

[Kgparkhurst Parkhurst]

Good except from many other books. I have requested as many as I could.

[Nancy Schalk]

Deeply moving tales of heart wrenching sadness.

[Margi]

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! I have read numerous Holocaust memoirs, but this one exceeds so many of them. Not to discount others stories, this one is just so superbly written and holds so many beautiful words that I have to exhalt it to the top of the list. BEAUTIFUL, simply beautiful

[madsenmel]

A collection of beautiful accounts from WWII.

[Jenny Clark]

I can't really rate it, it's too much of an emotional impact really...