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Lilac Girls is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are entirely fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the entirely fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2016 by Martha Hall Kelly All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. BALLANTINE and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. ISBN 9781101883075 eBook ISBN 9781101883068 randomhousebooks.com Book design by Barbara M. Bachman, adapted for eBook Cover design: Laura Klynstra Cover images: © LAPI/The Image Works (women); © Pavel Gramatikov/Offset (lilacs) v4.1 ep
Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Part One Chapter 1: Caroline Chapter 2: Kasia Chapter 3: Herta Chapter 4: Caroline Chapter 5: Kasia Chapter 6: Herta Chapter 7: Caroline Chapter 8: Kasia Chapter 9: Herta Chapter 10: Caroline Chapter 11: Kasia Chapter 12: Caroline Chapter 13: Kasia Chapter 14: Herta Chapter 15: Caroline Chapter 16: Kasia Chapter 17: Herta Chapter 18: Caroline Chapter 19: Kasia Chapter 20: Herta Chapter 21: Caroline Chapter 22: Kasia Chapter 23: Herta Chapter 24: Caroline Chapter 25: Kasia Chapter 26: Herta
Page 6: Part Two Chapter 27: Caroline Chapt
Page 10 and 11: wasn’t work really. Loving all th
Page 12 and 13: “We’re raising money here, Caro
Page 14 and 15: from him or the flowers? Why didn
Page 16 and 17: We took a cab to Le Grenier, a love
Page 18 and 19: each other.” I fluttered at the t
Page 20 and 21: 1939 It really was Pietrik Bakoski
Page 22 and 23: krowki, toffee candies, for perfect
Page 24 and 25: “He went looking for you,” Matk
Page 26 and 27: The firefly flew behind her back, p
Page 28 and 29: efore was still beaten quite flat.
Page 30 and 31: 1939 At midnight, Father and I walk
Page 32 and 33: “Ah, the surgeon,” Katz said, s
Page 34 and 35: People gathered in the square to wa
Page 36 and 37: You can go all the way.” “Someo
Page 38 and 39: “You can’t keep your clothes on
Page 40 and 41: 1939 Once Hitler invaded Poland, mi
Page 42 and 43: called me le girafon and she ground
Page 44 and 45: “Please. You want me to get Rena
Page 46 and 47: smile? “I’m on my way to the th
Page 48 and 49: 1939 Matka screamed as the SS man b
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Wiola. “Who is it?” came a voic
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1939-1940 I took the train home fro
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against the cold wooden shelf behin
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not even standing close to me. What
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“Man, being reasonable, must get
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“Can we not talk about it? It sti
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He unfastened the top button of my
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from university had been required t
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sidewalks, heads down against the w
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shop owner in the ghetto. Through t
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you can get food to them—” “I
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Candy price cards set? Check. Cashb
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“What time is it, Fritz?” I sai
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Koegel took in my short haircut. Wa
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“He suggested a dance…” Binz
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the process. It’s far more humane
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Hellinger entered the room with his
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He pulled me close and kissed my ne
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“Roger says it may be another mon
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that aching hole Mother had tried t
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I grabbed the phone. “Paul?” I
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THEY SEPARATED MEN FROM women at Lu
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hell.
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“Mother’s French is excellent.
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— I HAD MY ORPHAN WORK to keep me
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costumes.” The costumes. Yards of
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1941 The train doors opened, and we
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Next I was ordered to strip while a
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wooden clogs, a toothbrush, a thin
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Christmas morning started with a pa
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The chirp of Binz’s metal clicker
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“In bread, Madame Doctor,” she
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manner, no doubt a result of her Ge
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“Open the gate,” I said to the
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“Now,” I said. “That patient
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1941 I gripped the edge of my file
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Vanderbilts’ party. I’m playing
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“Tines not stretched. That’s go
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1941-1942 Binz sent me to the bunke
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hazelnut—” “Stop it,” Janin
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too. We put on our gowns, and Janin
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We were all so thirsty. They’d pu
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“Don’t pretend you don’t care
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That helped. We composed a hymn to
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smoke and fire into the sky. The vi
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ibbon of red and black. The award w
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“Well, that makes two of us. Suhr
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“You know the rules. Can you clos
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intense dislike of the fatuous Whit
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“Haven’t a clue,” Betty said.
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cheek? “Come, dear, who are our w
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of climbing out of his crib. Janina
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Poor sweet Lou, who never hurt anyo
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sound in the room. “Number 7649.
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My first tries left puddles on the
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mug. When the new religion ushered
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CHRISTMAS 1943 Any spare time I had
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Mother and I caught up with Betty,
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CHRISTMAS 1943 Christmas of 1943 wa
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I was happy Zuzanna slept through i
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1944 “Vilmer Hartman is here to s
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“I report to Berlin.” “Did th
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“Our sources tell me news of Gebh
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last snowstorm had hit Bethlehem, b
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of Binz. Rumor was, Gemma La Guardi
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Nadia gasped, one fist to her chest
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“No, Kasia. You go.” She tried
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Was this really happening? Going ho
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1945 By April of 1945, Germany had
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“She had to go down to the statio
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weakness. Cool, clammy skin. More f
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stood fearless, her name in lights
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“Never,” I said. — I SAW PAUL
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and it made me smile. Men only whis
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place.” Paul pulled my shirt coll
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1945 “Am I dreaming?” Zuzanna s
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Felka came to us and ran back and f
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“It looks like it,” I said. “
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I am sorry. I hated those three wor
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“No, I don’t think you do. How
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1945 The next morning I woke up hun
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I edged closer. “I have a special
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as a picture. Behind them, six whit
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1945 The summer the year that Zuzan
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with shuffling papers. If I did get
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“How about a free class on the be
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1945 It couldn’t possibly be him.
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“You never told me what ‘Zegota
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of the service. Collections of blac
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church weddings. They considered th
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1947 The so-called Doctors Trial at
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Fritz was the only Doctors Trial de
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I resisted sweets since I not only
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cultivate beans and potatoes on the
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eating, it seemed—still thin but
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“You’re a father.” “But I l
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“We are at your service, Mme Vina
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We headed for the door. What a seri
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“I don’t badger anyone,” I sa
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Let other people in.” “Easy for
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him. Next to him, Leena Rodierre. H
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“Yes, I head up American Friends
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“Don’t you owe it to me? Leavin
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THE FOLLOWING DAY I took Rosemary G
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Bethlehem stamp cancellation on the
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Mr. Gardener led Mother’s garden
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I kept my eye on the woman onstage.
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“So far, the plan is the Rabbits
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1958 The day before I was scheduled
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DECEMBER 1958 We landed at Idlewild
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Gebhardt. Dr. Oberheuser. I started
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“I can’t do this again,” I sa
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“She disappeared. I don’t know
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signifie pas que je vais attendre.
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1959 The following spring we all tr
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I changed the subject. “I’m gla
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I walked along the gravel path and
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Caroline followed. “Sometimes we
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I hurried home to our apartment and
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“Run along and find Father,” I
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I brought the paper cup to my lips,
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1959 It took me some time to get ou
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“No, but if the doctor is free, I
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yet to touch terra firma, so many a
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How sure Zuzanna’s step was now t
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I looked at the diplomas framed on
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more punishment. Lots of them. Powe
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At long last, the story I’d waite
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I went to Pietrik’s bed, where he
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ows. “These were the Polish women
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lawyer Benjamin Ferencz, on behalf
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Many thanks to those who made writi
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR MARTHA HALL KELLY
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