The Girl in the Red Coat

When she first saw Schindler's List, Roma Ligocka recognized herself as the little girl in the red coat--fearful, helpless, and perilously fragile. Determined to come to terms with who that young girl was--and how it shaped the woman she became--Ligocka decided to tell the story of her life. In a courageous, moving, and simply-told memoir, Ligocka recounts her terrifying childhood as a Jew hiding from the Nazis in the Krakow ghetto to the communist occupation of Poland through her adulthood as an artist, mother, and Holocaust survivor. The result is a universal and compelling story of heartache, triumph, and acceptance that is a testament to the strength of the human spirit.