The Girl From San-Daniele: A WW2 Historical Novel Inspired by the True Story of a Holocaust Survivor Paperback – December 20, 2022

Such an inspiration true story about a middle-age Jewish teen who was virtually left on her own after her mother died to find refuge. With the help of the Catholic church she was given new identification and finally refuge in an abbey. However, with the remainder of her family scattered, she had to play a role to protect herself and others who helped her. With emotional hope, she took the opportunity to find family whom, she realized, escaped to Israel that was governed by the British once the war was over. A mesmerizing story of a young girl who had to fend for herself and her future. This book gives much insight about the Nazi take-over during WWII of Italy under Mussolini, and the difficulties of Israel becoming a self-governing country. Well-worth the read for history buffs.

I enjoyed the story of the young girl’s bravery. It flowed well and explained her emotions. The separate historical inserts were helpful. I think this book would be good for teenagers and older for a better understanding of Jewish war experiences. Proofreading needed: ch. 23/silentely, ch. 41/yeared, ch. 55/fo, epilogue/herslef.

I don't usually read historical books, but I'm so glad I read this!!! I learned so much about the poor Jewish people being g persecuted all of their lives! Its such a travesty!!

Since I lnew very about wartime Italy and not a great deal about settling baby Israel, it was also a good learning experience. Unlike many such stories, this one ended well.

All the hardships that Lili and her family went through. She was so brave and strong. A must read. I truly loved this book, I could hardly put it down.

This book is a capstone to all other WWII, Allies, Nazi power and The Holocaust survivors stories! So glad Liliana's story survived.

Thank you so much for researching and writing this book. This is a well written book. I admire authors. I know there was a lot of research for this book. It is a heartbreaking but amazing story. I will save this book I downloaded and one day I will read it again. I can’t imagine the suffering the Jews had to go through. I would highly recommend this book to everyone,especially the people that grew up during the War.

I wept at the account of the refugees arriving on baird ship at Israel. I wept at the account of the people’s joy when a nation was born in an hour.

A really eye opening of life in ltaly during the war for Jewish people in particular one Jewish girl who struggled through to eventually find her family in Palestine