![]() ![]() Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesnt know is that this is only the beginning. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity. YA Nonfiction Foreword Chapters 1-5 Chapters 6-10 Chapters 11-15 Chapters 16-20 Chapters 21-25 Chapters 26-30 Chapters 31-35 Chapters 36-40 Symbols & Motifs I Have Lived a Thousand Years Key Figures Elli Friedmann (Livia Bitton-Jackson) Before the war, Bitton-Jackson’s dream is to become a poet. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. ![]() But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet. It wasnt long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp.
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