A Holocaust survivor shares her courageous story in Claudia Holmes's nonfiction debut, I Survived Hitler . Linda Ryngermacher Fishman had her childhood stolen by the arrival of the Nazis at the brink of World War II. Based on extensive interviews and personal conversations, Holmes manages to bring Linda's complex story to vivid life. At the age of fourteen, her family's safety and security were shattered when Linda's hometown was turned into a war zone. Linda's horrific experiences leading up to and within the concentration camps serve as a living reminder that wartime atrocities must be stopped. But Linda's story is not one of victimhood. Instead, it is a story of survival and perseverance-one that takes her to the shores of America in a desperate search for a better life.