Summary of Arie Tamir's I Only Wanted to Live

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#1 I had three siblings: Gizia, my big, sweet and wonderful sister. She was a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and a noble, serious and quiet character. I loved playing with her dolls. Sarenka was a wonderful baby, but I was jealous of her.

#2 My mother was very active in social circles. She was very proud of me, as I was excellent in math from a young age. I didn’t understand why guests would come to my house to ask me math problems.

#3 My father was part owner of a wholesale textile business. He supplied fabrics to most of the stores and sewing factories in Krakow and the surrounding area. He frequently traveled for work, and wasn’t home a lot.

#4 I had many aunts, uncles, and cousins. I never knew my father's parents, who had died when I was young, but I was named after my grandfather, who had four brothers and three sisters. I was a very close family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822546035

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Insights on Arie Tamir's I Only Wanted to Live

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had three siblings: Gizia, my big, sweet and wonderful sister. She was a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and a noble, serious and quiet character. I loved playing with her dolls. Sarenka was a wonderful baby, but I was jealous of her.

#2

My mother was very active in social circles. She was very proud of me, as I was excellent in math from a young age. I didn’t understand why guests would come to my house to ask me math problems.

#3

My father was part owner of a wholesale textile business. He supplied fabrics to most of the stores and sewing factories in Krakow and the surrounding area. He frequently traveled for work, and wasn’t home a lot.

#4

I had many aunts, uncles, and cousins. I never knew my father's parents, who had died when I was young, but I was named after my grandfather, who had four brothers and three sisters. I was a very close family.

#5

I had a very close relationship with my grandfather. He was very busy with his stationery store. I didn’t have much of a bond with my grandparents, though. They were very busy with their respective businesses.

#6

My father had three sisters and a brother, all of whom lived in and around Krakow. His brother was several years older than him, while his uncle David was only a few years older than they were. They were partners in the fabric business.

#7

My father’s sister, Aunt Hela, had two daughters: 14-year-old Dora and 11-year-old Eva. Eva was a wonderful redhead who always played with the boys. Dora was a quiet, intelligent aristocratic girl who died of some disease at the beginning of the war.

#8

Little David was married to Aunt Mina and had two sons and a daughter. The oldest was the daughter, Gina, who was 17 when the war broke out, and the boys were twins, aged 14. All three of them survived the war, and the twins went to England. One of them, Morris, lives today in London with his wife, Jeanne.

#9

I had a lot of fun