Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan

5 reviews

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I found this absolutely fascinating. I've had an interest in the story of Anne Frank for years, having read The Diary of a Young Girl aged about 10 or 11. What I found most interesting was the insights into how the bureaucracy of the Nazi regime's hunt for Jews worked - the SD, the Jewish Councils, the V-Frauen and -Mannen. It was desperately sad at the same time as gripping. And as much as it's interesting that a likely suspect has been identified - I don't actually care.

As the writers of the book say, the man in question was a victim of the Nazis, not a perpetrator, and was most likely doing what he was forced to in order to keep his own family safe, something nobody could vilify him for.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Trafficking, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Stalking, and Child death

soobooksalot's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, and War

abby_can_read's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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This book was well researched, and it was written in a straightforward account. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Trafficking, War, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

daralexandria's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Genocide, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and War

kylajaynebooks's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, Trafficking, War, and Violence