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I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor by Laura Hillman recounts her harrowing journey during the Holocaust as Hannelore Wolff, who, in a bid to keep her family together, navigates through several concentration camps, survives Auschwitz, and is ultimately saved by Oskar Schindler. She endures and finds love with Bernhard Hillman, eventually marrying him post-war and building a new life in America. The narrative highlights the realities of forced labor, family separation, and the resilience required to endure such tragedies.