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Amazing story of a man who volunteered to go into the Auschwitz concentration camp, to spy on the Nazis and inform the world on the atrocities of the death camps.
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Book: A Rebel in Auschwitz
Author: jack Fairweather
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: Polish main character and Jewish side characters
Recommended For...: history, biography, world war 2, non-fiction
Publication Date: October 19, 2021
Genre: History/Biographical Read
Recommended Age: 15+ (war, violence, torture, slight gore, death, murder)
Explanation of CWs: I mean this book was set during World War II in Auschwitz, there’s a lot of graphic content that could be upsetting if you have never read or heard about WWII.
Publisher: Scholastic Focus
Pages: 352
Synopsis: Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940:
Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz.
Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...
Review: For the most part this was an emotional rollercoaster and read. The book was amazingly well written and I thought the book did well to show the horrors of WWII. The characters are well developed and the world building is amazingly well done. The book also did well pacing wise.
The only issue I had with the book is that I felt like if you’re unaware of the whole of WWII you might be disappointed in how all of the main players (that being the Allies, Soviets, and Polish underground) are portrayed, but the reader must remember that a lot of this book is taken from the true accounts of the main character and his writings.
Verdict: It was good!
Book: A Rebel in Auschwitz
Author: jack Fairweather
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: Polish main character and Jewish side characters
Recommended For...: history, biography, world war 2, non-fiction
Publication Date: October 19, 2021
Genre: History/Biographical Read
Recommended Age: 15+ (war, violence, torture, slight gore, death, murder)
Explanation of CWs: I mean this book was set during World War II in Auschwitz, there’s a lot of graphic content that could be upsetting if you have never read or heard about WWII.
Publisher: Scholastic Focus
Pages: 352
Synopsis: Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940:
Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz.
Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...
Review: For the most part this was an emotional rollercoaster and read. The book was amazingly well written and I thought the book did well to show the horrors of WWII. The characters are well developed and the world building is amazingly well done. The book also did well pacing wise.
The only issue I had with the book is that I felt like if you’re unaware of the whole of WWII you might be disappointed in how all of the main players (that being the Allies, Soviets, and Polish underground) are portrayed, but the reader must remember that a lot of this book is taken from the true accounts of the main character and his writings.
Verdict: It was good!
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