Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. Despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love. From the author of the bestseller "The Tattooist of Auschwitz."
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