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If Only It Were Fiction - Elsa Thon / Strong-willed and ambitious, sixteen-year-old Elsa Thon is working as a photographer’s apprentice when the Nazis occupy her town of Pruszków, Poland, in 1939. Every ounce of her will and ingenuity is called into play as she moves from ghetto to ghetto, throws in her lot with a Zionist youth group and is recruited by the Jewish underground. Despite her deep belief that destiny is determining her fate, Elsa faces every fraught situation with self-possession and maturity. A vivid and beautifully written coming-of-age story, If Only It Were Fiction is enriched by Elsa’s family tradition of storytelling and her unerring eye for detail. Introduction by Sylvia Vance

Other Title	The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
GMD	HKHTC Material
Classification	940.53 THO
Publisher	Canada, The Azrieli Foundation, 2013
Subject	Passing-False identity.Thon, Elsa, 1923-- .Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Underground movements--PolandJews--Poland--BiographyPolish Canadians--Biography.
Topic	Holocaust Survivor--Biography.
Series	The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
ISBN	9781897470336
URL	https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/titles/if-only-it-were-fiction/