After losing her entire family to the nazis at age 13, Alicia Appleman-Jurman went on to save the lives of thousands of jews, offering them her own courage and hope in a time of upheaval and tragedy. Not since the diary ...After losing her entire family to the nazis at age 13, Alicia Appleman-Jurman went on to save the lives of thousands of jews, offering them her own courage and hope in a time of upheaval and tragedy. Not since the diary of anne frank has a young voice so vividly expressed the capacity for humanity and heroism in the face of nazi brutality.