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A review by crowley22
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
5.0
A truly extraordinary, captivating and horrifying account of one of the bravest actions which could ever be imagined.
Fairweather brings to life Witold Pilecki and his struggles to bring about an end to the suffering brought upon those in Auchwitz, in a way which truly connects you directly with the subject, rarely done in biographies. Fairweather also writes an extremely digestible novel which is near impossible to stop reading once started.
Prior to reading this book, I do not believe I really understood the daily trauma of those leaving in concentration camps. I have read biographies of nazis and other books focusing on the war as a whole, and seen plenty of movies which focus on the Holocaust, yet I feel like that movies and overviews can only do so much. This book really brought home to me the horrors of the camps.
The personal heroism displayed by Witold Pilecki is astonishing, his patriotism and his constant determination are inspirational. A man who never gave up fighting for the right thing, in-spite of near assured defeat and overwhelming odds. In a Situation were most would give up, in a place were the majority would die, Witold does not give up.
A must read.
Fairweather brings to life Witold Pilecki and his struggles to bring about an end to the suffering brought upon those in Auchwitz, in a way which truly connects you directly with the subject, rarely done in biographies. Fairweather also writes an extremely digestible novel which is near impossible to stop reading once started.
Prior to reading this book, I do not believe I really understood the daily trauma of those leaving in concentration camps. I have read biographies of nazis and other books focusing on the war as a whole, and seen plenty of movies which focus on the Holocaust, yet I feel like that movies and overviews can only do so much. This book really brought home to me the horrors of the camps.
The personal heroism displayed by Witold Pilecki is astonishing, his patriotism and his constant determination are inspirational. A man who never gave up fighting for the right thing, in-spite of near assured defeat and overwhelming odds. In a Situation were most would give up, in a place were the majority would die, Witold does not give up.
A must read.