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Cilka's journey : a novel, Heather Morris

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Summary
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices how beautiful she is and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child? In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
9 audio discs (approximately 11.05 hr.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • "Based on the . . . true story."
  • Compact discs
  • Includes a bonus interview with the author
Isbn
9781250266002
Instance
Label
Cilka's journey : a novel
Title
Cilka's journey
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Heather Morris
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices how beautiful she is and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child? In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love
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TOH
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Morris, Heather
Dewey number
823.92
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
PR9639.4.M668
LC item number
C55 2019ab
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Louise Brealey
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Brealey, Louise
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Birkenau (Concentration camp)
  • Women prisoners
  • Ex-concentration camp inmates
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Siberia (Russia)
  • FICTION / Historical / General
  • FICTION / Historical / World War II
  • FICTION / Jewish
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Cilka's journey : a novel, Heather Morris
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • "Based on the . . . true story."
  • Compact discs
  • Includes a bonus interview with the author
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1111280533
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
9 audio discs (approximately 11.05 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781250266002
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781250266002
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60dbj8
  • 40dbj8
System control number
(OCoLC)1111280533
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Cilka's journey : a novel, Heather Morris
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • "Based on the . . . true story."
  • Compact discs
  • Includes a bonus interview with the author
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1111280533
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
9 audio discs (approximately 11.05 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781250266002
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781250266002
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60dbj8
  • 40dbj8
System control number
(OCoLC)1111280533
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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