The Ballerina of Auschwitz

Edie is a skilled dancer and gymnast who hopes to compete in the Olympics. Exhausting training and worries about her place in the family, where she is considered the intelligent but not pretty enough daughter, absorb all of Edie's attention. She does not notice how the world is changing, and life in Hungary in 1943 becomes dangerous for a Jewish girl. When Edie falls in love for the first time, Europe is engulfed in war, and she, along with her parents and sister Magda, are herded onto a train headed for a concentration camp. In her darkest moments, Edie's hope is ignited by thoughts of her lover, his kisses, his touches, their shared dreams... Auschwitz is an incredibly terrible place, but despite the inhuman external circumstances, Edith and Magda learn to find strength within themselves, support each other, and finally become free. In this adapted edition of the bestseller "Choice" for teenagers, world-renowned psychologist Edith Iva Eger talks about her own youth against the backdrop of war and shares the most intimate things - her experiences, hopes, and fears at sixteen.