The Girl in the Green Sweater

A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow

By: Krystyna Chiger, Daniel Paisner - contributor

Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger

The true story from the major motion picture In Darkness, official 2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing, and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the Holocaust. The Girl in the Green Sweater is Chiger's harrowing first-person account of the 14 months she spent with her family in the fetid, underground sewers of Lvov.

The Girl in the Green Sweater is also the story of Leopold Socha, the group's unlikely savior. A Polish Catholic and former thief, Socha risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food, medicine, and supplies. A moving memoir of a desperate escape and life under unimaginable circumstances, The Girl in the Green Sweater is ultimately a tale of intimate survival, friendship, and redemption.

©2008 Kristine Keren (P)2020 Tantor

Compelling narrative well narrated

One of the most inspiring holocaust stories. Wish they offered this in school instead of Night.

Very sad, but very well written

I really like this book. What the people had to go through was horrific in every way. The author was able to bring me into the story, and it felt like I was walking with everyone as they went through their struggles. I highly recommend this book!

Narrator

Voice was too sing-song for content. The story was amazing. It was just a bit irritating to listen to

Unbelievable but True

A page turner! Courageous story of survival while hiding in a sewer-it shows the human spirit can triumph-I loved this amazing book!!!

Very detailed and amazing

An excellent book, well-written and honest, awesome story! one might think that for Jews of this story who hid from Nazis might be considered "lucky" that they did not experience the horrors of the camps. Maybe on some level, that might be true, but this account does away with any comparison--both were horrific! This book explains so well how it came about... i should also that i wa put off by the narrators pace and reading tone, but i did become more accepting of the voice by the time I finished!