• Cilka's Journey

  • The Sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz
  • By: Heather Morris
  • Narrated by: Louise Brealey
  • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (118 ratings)

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Cilka's Journey

By: Heather Morris
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
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Publisher's summary

Nominated in Best Fiction at the Audie Awards 2020.

The sequel to the International Number One Bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based on a true story of love and resilience.

Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.

Cilka was only sixteen-years-old when she was taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, noticed her long beautiful hair, and forced her separation from the other women prisoners.

Cilka did what she had to in order to survive Auschwitz. And yet after Russian soldiers liberated Auschwitz in 1945, Cilka was charged as a collaborator and sentenced to serve a fifteen-year sentence for 'sleeping with the enemy'. Once again, she found herself on a brutal train journey, crammed into a carriage with many desperate women and children. This time, her destination was Siberia. She was by then only eighteen-years-old.

So began a new life of horror and brutality in a prison camp close to the Arctic Circle. But in this unimaginable darkness, this terror beyond terror, Cilka found endless resources within herself, her profound humanity and determination helping her to survive against all odds.

Cilka's Journey is a remarkable novel of courage and resilience, based upon the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein. Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available to pre-order now.

'She was the bravest person I ever met'
Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

©2019 Heather Morris (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK

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Loved it!!! Highly recommend.

It took me a while to get into, because it was not what I expected. Although this story is not told by Cilka, it’s a story very much worth being told. It’s rich in historical fact and had well-developed interesting characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The narrator was excellent too.

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Worthwhile

Thank you for telling Cilka's story. It is outrageous what she went through. But it is a lesson in strength and kindness.

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Beautiful

Absolutely beautiful. Trials and tribulations. I highly recommend this audiobook wow lost for words truly.

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Heartbreaking but beautiful

Beautifully narrated. The story of Cilka is both heartbreaking and triumphant! The characters who joins her story aren't just filler characters. A sad hit wonderful read

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Thank you sharing this story

Thank you for giving us an insight to these prisons/camps. Despite being forced to do what she needed to survived she was punished for it. So very sad but she endured and made it through. Thank you for giving life to their stories as so many have untold ones. I really enjoyed it so much that I want to learn more about it. I also enjoyed the further insight afterwards

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Beautifully written and narrated

I loved this follow up story of Cilla as I had wondered what might have happened to her. Although it is harrowing and desperately sad, it is also one of triumph and survival. The reader is perfect for this book. Highly recommend

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Such a journey.

What a brave woman with such a gentle side which I don’t know how she did it and to survive that horrific time , oh how I would love to hug her .
Such a wonderful story narrated beautifully .
So many tears I can hardly see what to type ..
Thanks to all those extremely brave citizens..

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Eye opener in many ways

Excellent narrator. Story very sad but an insight to treatment from the enemy and their fellow prisoners. Shocking to say the least. Read The tattooist of Auswitz first then Cilka’s Journey

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Bravery

Great history lesson and moving story of bravery. Good links back to first book - tattooist of auschwitz

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