A review by jessica_fitzhenry
Franci's War: A Woman's Story of Survival by Franci Rabinek Epstein

5.0

This book is a must read. I have read numerous books on the Holocaust, both fiction and memoir but this one really stands out. Franci brings an intense honesty in how she tells her story. She is open about how she lied or had to steal food to survive. In how she made herself indispensable by mending clothes or even by learning how to be an electrician. Franci’s courage and bravery carried her through five concentration camps including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. She always tried to focus on the good, like memories of her family, music and poetry. She never once gave up even though she had so many reasons to do so.

Even though this is an emotional and harrowing account, it also shows love and strength and even positivity. Franci’s bravery and her will to live and taking one day at a time carried her through.

I think there is a lot we can all learn from this memoir.