Facing The Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe - Hardcover

Simone Arnold Liebster

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0967936659 ISBN 13: 9780967936659

Publisher: Grammaton Press, 2000

Synopsis

Facing The Lion is an inspiring autobiographical account of a young, non-Jewish girl standing up for her beliefs in the face of overwhelming pressure to conform to the Nazi propaganda machines. Simone refuses to accept the Nazi party and her simple acts of defiance lead her to be persecuted by her school and local officials, and ignored by friends. She is put in a harsh reform school until the end of the war.

About this title

About the Author:

Simone Arnold Liebster, was born in 1930 in Alsace, France. After surviving the Nazi terror and World War II, she attended art school and married Max Liebster in 1956.Simone has spoken in over 50 cities throughout the world relating her experience to the public. She has also spoken in sessions of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe.

Review:

"Their courage is among the few truly bright moral examples during those dark times." -- John K. Roth, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College; co-author, Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust; and Approaches to Aushwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy

...a shining example for the power of the spirit to triumph over evil... -- Ernst Rodin, author, War & Mayhem: Reflections of a Viennese Physician

As Simone's daily life changes ... we see, with her, the corrupting impact of German occupation. -- Christine E. King, President Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

About this edition

• Publisher: Grammaton Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0967936659
• ISBN 13: 9780967936659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 418