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In My Enemy's House by Carol Matas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is In My Enemy's House about?
**__I survived. Protected by the Nazis that killed my family. Could I ever forgive myself?__**Award-winning novelist Carol Matas brings readers into the heart of Nazi Germany with the harrowing story of Marisa, a Polish Jew whose blond hair and blue eyes make it easy for her to pass as a Christian.With the Nazis ready to herd the remaining Jews of her town into a ghetto, and with her family either scattered or dead, Marisa takes the papers of a Polish girl and goes to Germany in a desperate attempt to survive as a Polish worker.Marisa finds work as a servant for the Reymanns, a German family that treats her with respect. But she must never forget that Herr Reymann is a high-ranking Nazi. Marisa is hiding in plain sight in her enemy's house.This unflinching account of Marisa's dilemma as a Jew living a lie in order to survive will give readers a new perspective on the nature of good and evil, even as it touches their hearts.
Who reads In My Enemy's House?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Carol Matas
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781443124577
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (34 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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