Cilka's choice

By the author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzCilka Klein is only sixteen when she is taken by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942. She catches the eye of camp commander Schwarzhuber and he forces her to become his lover. As the only woman in the concentration camp, she is allowed to keep her long hair. But after the liberation, she is seen as a collaborator and banished to a labor camp in Siberia. Once again she is on a train. Once again she has to endure countless inhumane acts. And once again the eyes of a camp commander linger on her for too long…Cilka's Choice is a story about hope and survival. Cilka always finds the strength to stand her ground, even though she is confronted with death every day. And when she nurses an unknown man, Aleksandr, Cilka discovers that despite everything there is room in her heart for love.Cilka's Choice is based on the true life story of Cilka Klein.