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This has been one of my favorite books since I read it for the first time in a ninth grade English class, though I am loath to say 'favorite.' I don't take pleasure in reading about the horrors of our dark and not-too-distant past and it feels wrong, almost, to say that I loved reading this. I suppose it is more that I am glad someone had the strength of spirit and ability to chronicle what happened so that we do not repeat it. This is not an easy book to read, but it shouldn't be. It forces the modern reader to look into the face of atrocities we cannot fathom and come to terms with the worst parts of humanity. It is a book we need, one our children and their children should read.

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2.0

I had to read this as a class and it left me depressed after each English class. The holocaust was a terrible thing but I don't like to read books like these because it's something that actually happened. There's nothing that we can do to fix it because it's in the past. But overall good narration and point of view but like I said very depressing.

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5.0

I originally read this in high school when I was going through a WWII phase. It's a harrowing read but so impactful. It really hits home what evils the human race can unleash on each other. Everyone should read this to understand the experience of the victims of the Holocaust so that we as a global society do not commit similar atrocities.

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