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This book leaves a residual haunting inside of a person. Blunt and to the point while holding a mystic depth, I give it five stars. It's a must read and read again!!
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This is a horrifically chilling account of Eliezer Wiesel’s time in the concentration camps. The story of how he lost his mother and sisters, how he fought for survival, how he lost his belief in God.
It’s a powerful read.
There’s no whitewashed reality here. Instead, it’s a brutal, bleak narrative, as he survives what no human ever should experience.
I can’t rate such a narrative. These horrors are ones that he lived through and I don’t consider myself in any place to judge, or even full understand, any of it.
Instead, I’d like to rate his courage in sharing this story and the words he (or rather, his wife, translating this book) chose to make his experience come alive. And those, I believe, deserve five stars.
Note on content: This is a story for mature readers. It contains dark, disturbing content. Graphic violence and abuse. Rebelling against God. Witnessing a Nazi with a German woman.
Similar account for younger readers: Yellow Star
It’s a powerful read.
There’s no whitewashed reality here. Instead, it’s a brutal, bleak narrative, as he survives what no human ever should experience.
I can’t rate such a narrative. These horrors are ones that he lived through and I don’t consider myself in any place to judge, or even full understand, any of it.
Instead, I’d like to rate his courage in sharing this story and the words he (or rather, his wife, translating this book) chose to make his experience come alive. And those, I believe, deserve five stars.
Note on content: This is a story for mature readers. It contains dark, disturbing content. Graphic violence and abuse. Rebelling against God. Witnessing a Nazi with a German woman.
Similar account for younger readers: Yellow Star
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence
Note on content: This is a story for mature readers. It contains dark, disturbing content. Graphic violence and abuse. Rebelling against God. Witnessing a Nazi with a German woman.
challenging
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inspiring
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challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Incredibly distressing, I read this all in one sitting. The Holocaust is something that I find infinitely difficult to wrap my head around. The atrocities that occured are so monstrous they seem unreal. This is such an important book to read no, matter how uncomfortable the book is. No amount of discomfort of the reader can compare to the years of discomfort, pain, desperation, and death of these people, these fellow humans experienced during the Holocaust. Read to understand and honor. Remember January 27th, even if your country tries to wipe Holocaust Rememberance day off the common calendar.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation
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