The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir

by Roma Ligocka and Iris Von Finckenstein

Book Overview

As a child in German-occupied Poland, Roma Ligocka was known for the bright strawberry-red coat she wore against a tide of gathering darkness. Fifty years later, Roma, an artist living in Germany, attended a screening of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, and instantly knew that "the girl in the red coat"--the only splash of color in the film--was her. Thus began a harrowing journey into the past, as Roma Ligocka sought to reclaim her life and put...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038533740X
• ISBN13: 9780385337403
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Delta
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

New perspective about a child living through the holocaust

I recently returned from a trip to Warsaw, Poland. At a holocaust memorial there were quotes from this book and so it piqued my interest. The book is beautifully written and you can feel the pain and frustration of the author. I highly recommend this book.

I read it all in one sitting

A very moving book. I've read many books about the Holocaust. However, I don't think I previously read one that was written by someone who was so young during the war and that focused so much on the author's adult life. Even though intellectually one knows that war scars a soul forever, living the aftereffects through a single individual's perspective is emotionally stunning. Highly recommended.

recommended

one of the best books I have ever read, the one that will stick to my mind forever;I must admit I don't read a lot (a "no time" excuse...) but I just could not put it down...