The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister

Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust while learning compassion and love for her fellow human beings. Nonna's writings tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl, born into a family that had known wealth and privileges, was exposed to the concentration camps and learned the value of human life and the importance of forgiveness. Back Cover Copy For a half century, a horrible secret lay hidden, locked in a trunk in an attic... Photos, official documents, and scraps of a diary written by a nine-year-old girl... I kept secret my horror stories. I am an old woman now. It is time to tell my story. Front Flap Copy The Secret Holocaust Diaries is a haunting eyewitness account of Nonna Lisowskaja Bannister, a remarkable Russian-American woman who had seen and survived the unspeakable evils of the Holocaust as a young girl. For half a century, she kept her story secret while living a normal American life. She locked all her photos, documents, diaries, and dark memories from World War II in a trunk. Late in life, she unlocked the trunk, first for her husband, and now for the rest of the world. Nonna's story is one of suffering, torture, and death--but also of incredible acts of kindness that show the ultimate triumph of faith and love over despair and evil. The Secret Holocaust Diaries is in part a tragedy, yet it's also an unforgettable true story about forgiveness, courage, and hope. Born into an aristocratic Russian family, Nonna Lisowskaja fully expected to enjoy a cultured, privileged life. Her family had many advantages at a time when other Russians struggled to buy food. By her sixth birthday, Nonna spoke four languages. She had a good life. But then her life fell apart. The Nazis invaded Russia. And, though her family was not Jewish, she lost everything . . . except a few family photos and scraps of a journal hidden from the Nazis in a small pillow. This is her story.

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Title of ebook: The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
ISBN: 9781414330228
parent-ISBN: 9781414325460
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 04-2009
Released online for download: 04-01-2009
Author of eBook: Bannister, Nonna
Editor: George, Denise
Editor: Tomlin, Carolyn

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The secret HOLOCAUST DIARIES

The untold story of Nonna Bannister

Preface..........................................................................XI Introduction.....................................................................XV Prologue.........................................................................XXI Train to Agony Chapter 1 Boarding the Train.....................................................3 Chapter 2 Baby Sarah.............................................................7 Life Before the War Chapter 3 Family Background......................................................15 Chapter 4 Mama's Family..........................................................23 Chapter 5 Educating Anna.........................................................27 Chapter 6 Move to Taganrog.......................................................31 Chapter 7 Move to Rostov-on-Don..................................................37 Chapter 8 A Day in the Park......................................................41 Chapter 9 The Depression in Russia: Stalin's Power...............................45 Chapter 10 Wi ... read full excerpt from: The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister ebook

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