The Daughter of Auschwitz

My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope

By: Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR BEN KINGSLEY

A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.

"I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and a half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I must speak on their behalf."

Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was four when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labour camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp, while her father was transported to Dachau.

During six months of incarceration in Birkenau, Tova witnessed atrocities that she could never forget, and experienced numerous escapes from death. She is one of a handful of Jews to have entered a gas chamber and lived to tell the tale.

As Nazi killing squads roamed Birkenau before abandoning the camp in January 1945, Tova and her mother hid among corpses. After being liberated by the Russians they made their way back to their hometown in Poland. Eventually Tova's father tracked them down and the family was reunited.

In The Daughter of Auschwitz, Tova immortalizes what she saw, to keep the story of the Holocaust alive, at a time when it's in danger of fading from memory. She has used those memories that have shaped her life to honour the victims. Written with award-winning former war reporter Malcolm Brabant, this is an extremely important book. Brabant's meticulous research has helped Tova recall her experiences in searing detail. Together they have painstakingly recreated Tova's extraordinary story about the world's worst ever crime.

Amazing Survival Story

The story is one of resilience and the maturity that can be found in children. Thank you for sharing this piece of history and of your life

The history

.i loved the the whole book. There wasn’t anything I didn’t like. Thank very much

Details were clear and meaningful

Loved the book and her outlook. It was concise, drew me in and gave me a visualization of her experiences.

Compelling history and more

I am grateful for the survivors willing to share their story. Not only was this a story about the atrocities at Auschwitz but also how that life altering experience framed her future. Listen, read, whatever your medium, you need to hear what she has to say.

Thank you

I found this book because I follow the author on tiktok. As soon as it was available I had to get it. Her story her life shows us today that what happened then needs to never repeat. However it feels as though it is. So thank you Tova for opening peoples eyes.