Alicia My Story, Book Summary

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to him. Shortly after this, Alicia was taken into custody by German officials and
put on a train to another work camp. Alicia managed to escape from this train by jumping
through a small window. She found her way to a river which led her back to the ghetto.
By this time several people in the ghetto had been feeling the effects of the impoverished
conditions. Starvation, Typhoid, and other diseases, were beginning to take its toll on the
people who lived in the ghetto. Then one day, Alicia found out that her brother Bunio had
been killed in the work camp. A boy had escaped so they lined up all the boys and shot
every fourth one
.
As time progressed, Alicia began assuming more responsibility for the daily tasks
of the family such as going out and trading for more food in places other than the
marketplace. While this was going on, Zachary and a few other boys from the ghetto had
been forming a sort of resistance. One day Alicia was informed that her brother had ...

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of other
Jews. Just when Alicia was about to be shot Milek took a gun from one of the shooters
and began shooting other officers. Alicia took advantage of this opportunity, as she had
many others, and ran for her life. She ran fast and far until she found herself coming into a
town which was surrounded with tilled fields. She discovered she could work in exchange
for a small amount of food. She worked hard in these fields and was able to let her
mother in Buczacz know that she was safe. Alicia was reunited with her mother and they
returned to this community where they lived for about a year. She also found out that her
youngest brother Herzl had been taken away and ...

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