Franci Rabinek Epstein – författare

Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope. Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a stand-out memoir' Daily Express'A story that needs to be heard' 5***** Reader Review______In 1942 Franci Epstein, a young Jewish woman, was imprisoned in Terezin, a concentration camp close to her home in Prague.Few could expect anything other than death. But for Franci it was the start of a journey that would take her into the very heart of Nazi genocide.Through a combination of guile, ingenuity, endurance and sheer bloody mindedness, Franci survived not one but five death camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.In this astonishing memoir, unpublished for 50 years, Franci lays bare the appalling sacrifices she and other women had to make to survive.It is a story of hope in the face of suffering; of one woman's determination to live.______'First-hand accounts of life in Nazi Death camps never lose their terrible power but few are as extraordinary as Franci's War' Mail on Sunday'Inspiring . . . Franci is someone many women today will be able to identify with' 5***** Reader Review'Remarkable' Eva Fogelman'A heartbreaking story of survival . . . fascinating' 5***** Reader Review'Deeply moving and extraordinary' Helen Fremont'Extremely moving, demonstrated amazing strength of will and determination to survive' 5***** Reader Review'Incredible' Susannah Sirkin'Devastating' Booklist