RecommendationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Bubbie2. The World I once knew3. Nechamka4. Family5. Life in Poland6. Russian Control7. Unforgettable Images8. German Occupation9. The Beginning of the End10. Life in the Attic11. A New Ghetto12. One Thousand Remaining13. In the Forest14. Liberation15. My Home16. Looking for a New Home17. Leaving ‘Blood-Soaked Europe’18. Moving to a New Country19. My odd Wedding Day20. Righteous Among the NationsCONTENTSRecommendationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Bubbie2. The World I once knew3. Nechamka4. Family5. Life in Poland6. Russian Control7. Unforgettable Images8. German Occupation9. The Beginning of the End10. Life in the Attic11. A New Ghetto12. One Thousand Remaining13. In the Forest14. Liberation15. My Home16. Looking for a New Home17. Leaving ‘Blood-Soaked Europe’18. Moving to a New Country19. My odd Wedding Day20. Righteous Among the Nations21. More of Mania’s WritingsPostscriptFurther ReadingKind Review RequestNotesThis is the story of one remarkable woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World war, and the aftermath.This is the story of one remarkable woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World war, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein’s dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are interwoven with beautiful passages of poetry and personal reflection. Holocaust survivor Mania Lichtenstein used writing as a medium to deal with the traumatic effects of the war. Many Jews did not die in concentration camps, but were murdered in their lifelong communities, slaughtered by mass killing units, and then buried in pits. As a young girl, Mania witnessed the horrors while doing everything within her power to subsist. She lived in Włodzimierz,n orth of Lvov (Ukraine), was interned for three years in the labor camp nearby, managed to escape and hid in the forests until the end of the war. Although she was the sole survivor of her family, Mania went on to rebuild a new life in the United States, with a new language and new customs, always carrying with her the losses of her family and her memories. Seventy-five years after liberation, we are still witnessing acts of cruelty born out of hatred and discrimination. Living among the Dead reminds us of the beautiful communities that existed before WWII, the lives lost and those that lived on, and the importance to never forget these stories so that history does not repeat itself.This is the story of one remarkable woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World war, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein’s dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are interwoven with beautiful passages of poetry and personal reflection. Holocaust survivor Mania Lichtenstein used writing as a medium to deal with the traumatic effects of the war. Many Jews did not die in concentration camps, but were murdered in their lifelong communities, slaughtered by mass killing units, and then buried in pits. As a young girl, Mania witnessed the horrors while doing everything within her power to subsist. She lived in Włodzimierz,n orth of Lvov (Ukraine), was interned for three years in the labor camp nearby, managed to escape and hid in the forests until the end of the war. Although she was the sole survivor of her family, Mania went on to rebuild a new life in the United States, with a new language and new customs, always carrying with her the losses of her family and her memories. Seventy-five years after liberation, we are still witnessing acts of cruelty born out of hatred and discrimination. Living among the Dead reminds us of the beautiful communities that existed before WWII, the lives lost and those that lived on, and the importance to never forget these stories so that history does not repeat itself.