Little Bird of Auschwitz
How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family
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Little Bird of Auschwitz
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Narrated by:
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Alina Peretti
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Jacques Peretti
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By:
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Jacques Peretti
About this listen
'That nickname...
'"Little bird." It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected.
'"Little Bird" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of "little birds", just like me, all thinking they were the only one.'
As a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz.
In the few last months of the Second World War, 13-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of 13,000 non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life.
Now 90, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her 'Mum'.
©2022 Jacques Peretti (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedWhat listeners say about Little Bird of Auschwitz
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-2022
Powerful story
This story will move you it’s so hard to believe that people can be so positive in such circumstances heart warming and gut wrenching Many life lessons can be learned from this story it’s a must listen for those that want to learn what happened in the war
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Joy
- 21-04-2022
Little Bird
A biographical and memorable account of a different perspective of living through WW2.
The perspective of life as a non Jew in Poland and the interesting fact that not only Jews were sent to Auschwitz.
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