I Am a Star, Inge Auerbacher
I Am a Star, Inge Auerbacher
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I Am a Star
Child of the Holocaust

Author: Inge Auerbacher

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 1 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/30/2010


Synopsis

Inge Auerbacher is a happy German girl when the nightmare begins. Six-year-old Inge is made to wear a yellow star to identify her as a Jew. As the Nazis gain power, her family is subjected to greater and greater horrors. Their home and citizenship are taken away. Inge's relatives are sent away, and she and her parents are forced into the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Background material on Hitler, the Nazi plan, and WW II provides a helpful context for understanding Inge's experiences. But it is Inge's own story, told from a child's point of view, and sprinkled liberally with her poems, that makes this chapter of world history personal and compelling. I Am a Star will take its place among the classics of Holocaust literature-alongside such works as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Night. Narrator Suzanne Toren artistically conveys the book's full gamut of feelings-from playful innocence to utter horror.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on March 20, 2022

Inge Auerbacher was only three years old,in 1938, when the massive pogrom called Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass took place. At the age of seven she was sent to Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. In this incredible little book, Auerbacher tells of her experiences of being a......more

Goodreads review by Readasaurus on June 18, 2020

Good book This book was rather short and quick to read but it was still really good. I'm glad people had the courage to come forward and tell their story......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on December 16, 2009

The thing I liked about I Am A Star is the background it gave. It didn't go in depth about any one thing but there wwas vague background information that just isn't given in the average Holocaust book. This makes sense because since this background info doesn't change, readers would be forced to rea......more

Goodreads review by Cailin on March 08, 2022

4.7645982⭐s. I liked the book, it was good. I thought it was interesting to read from the point if view of someone who actually went through the events. It was also interesting to have pictures, and poems mixed in to add to the storyline. The only reason it missed 0.2354018⭐s was because it was shor......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on April 29, 2025

The book I’m reading is called “I am a star” by Inge Auerbacher. I thoroughly enjoyed the short book. I really liked the book; it was easy to read and an excellent storytelling. I always like looking at old pictures from the book that showed their lives either before or after the war. It provides in......more