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Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel
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Olga and her husband Miklos were a surgical team. They along with thier children and her parents were shipped to Auschwitz in 1944. Olga worked in the infirmary and her husband was sent to a different camp. What she saw was unspeakable horror. A patient came to her and said the Russians will be here soon. She in turn used these simple words and spread then around the camp. He told her to neer forget and to tell the world, so these things will never happen again. She wrote this book so all would remember. She was the only one remaining in her family after the liberation in 1945.
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Reading Progress

May 7, 2012 – Shelved
April 14, 2015 – Started Reading
April 15, 2015 –
page 35
15.09%
April 15, 2015 –
page 80
34.48%
April 16, 2015 –
page 195
84.05%
April 16, 2015 – Shelved as: holocaust
April 16, 2015 – Shelved as: narrative-non-fiction
April 16, 2015 – Finished Reading

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Kayla Read this next! I am in the middle of it and it's a page turner. So well written


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