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Clara's War
- Narrated by: Rula Lenska
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
On 21 July 1942, the Nazis invaded Poland. In the small town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug cellar. Living above and protecting them were the Becks.
Mr Beck was a womaniser, a drunkard, and a self-professed anti-Semite, yet he risked his life throughout the war to keep his charges safe. Nevertheless, life with Mr Beck was far from predictable. From the house catching fire, to Beck’s affair with Clara’s cousin, to the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room just above, Clara’s War transports you into the dark, cramped bunker, and sits you next to the families as they hold their breath time and again.
Sixty years later, Clara Kramer has created a memoir that is lyrical, dramatic, and heartbreakingly compelling. Despite the worst of circumstances, this is a story full of hope and survival, courage and love.
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- Swapcat
- 22-01-14
So So Absorbing
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A first hand account of the life of a jewish girl hiding underground in Poland. The writing is almost 3D in its detail.
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A book that can make you sigh, cry, be angry, and have hope. I the darkest places, roses can still grow.
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- wellwoman
- 19-03-22
Perfectly told by Rula Lenska.
A truly fascinating and harrowing listen, of both the brutality and courage found in war.
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- Michael Durston
- 15-11-17
Made me weep in the park
I loved it. It's the first book that's made me cry openly in public. Please buy it.
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- musika
- 28-04-22
As good as Anne Frank’s diary
What a really incredible story, and we’ll read by Rula Lenska. Well worth listening to.
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- Magic Maggie
- 25-07-16
Thought provoking book, well written and well read!!
This book was very well written and read by Rula Lenska!
I couldn't stop listening to it!
I even replayed some parts of it as there was such a lot to take in and it felt disrespectful not to know for sure what was said!
I've read other good books on this subject and this book is up there with them...it was gripping, informative and heart wrenchingly honest!
Must be read to honour all those that suffered and those who died!
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- AdyW
- 31-07-14
Excellent and captivating listen
Rula Lenska brings this book to life with an unbelievable performance as narrator. The story is one of tremendous courage and suffering told in fantastic detail. A book that we should all listen to and remember.
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- Kenneth A Johnston
- 30-08-16
Clara's War
The best book I have read on Audible. Inspirational true story. I wish everyone could read this book.
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- Margot
- 19-02-18
Heart wrenching
Beautifully read. Heart wrenching account of the the war and how the Jews suffered. Highly recommend.
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- Jane Monk
- 14-02-20
the power of the human siprit
inspirational, what brave people, how can they be so forgiving? Again, we never learn from history
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- Aedamair
- 24-09-22
An excellent listen beautifully read.
this is an excelent book heart breaking and heartwarming at the same time.
The narrator Rula Lenska.is absoloutly wonderful reading it with sympathy and feeling I very highly recommend this audio book
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