1. What role did—could—compassion play in the
horrific conditions of Nazified Europe? What were the dangers to those
who attempted to act compassionately? How might you have chosen if faced
with such a dire dilemma: compassion vs. risk?
2. Talk about the different backgrounds of Caroline, Kasia, and Herta,
and how their lives are shaped by their upbringing.
3. Both Caroline and Kasia make foolish mistakes. Does that affect your
ability to elicit sympathy for the two characters?
4. "Man's inhumanity to man" is one of the main concerns of LiLac
Girls. Talk about the "slippery slope" on which Herta finds herself.
How did she end up in the untenable situation in which she finds
herself? How culpable is she?
5. Were parts of this book too difficult to read? Is there a need to
continue writing about these experiments?
* Some questions from
LitLovers.