Why The Girl Who Survived

The Reason to Read The Girl who Survived is a great and exciting novel about a young girl and her struggle to survive one of the world darkest times. Her name is Bronia and she lived during the Holocaust. The reason I really wanted to read this book is because I love learning about history. I really enjoy reading and learning about a topic from history because it gives me a sense of accomplishment once I learn about a new topic. And that is just what this book does. Over the course of reading this book I have found that it is full of great detail and a ton of first hand experiences. Boronia does a great job of really telling her story and educating the reader about what she went through and how it impacted her life today. All and all this book really did live up to the expectations I had set on it. I expected a book that was full of historical events and accuracy and that is just what I got. Not only did I learn a lot about Bronia I also was able to make some connections to my life as well. A few weeks ago I went on a trip to Washington D.C. And let me tell you …show more content…
The story that stuck out most to me was the story of when she met Dr. Medelev. Besides the guards he was the first person she saw when she arrived to the concentration camp that warm summer morning. She tells of how he would either point to the right or left and that would determine of you lived or not. While this was going on she was split up from her sisters. Her oldest sister was put on the right and was spared but herself and her younger siblings were put on the left sentenced to death in the gas chambers. Without even thinking she jumped lines leaving her younger sisters to die and never be heard from again. To me this just seemed so un-real even going through the museum and seeing the photos of what was going on there I still couldn't quite fathom what was happening and I honestly don't think I will ever be able