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A review by thebooktrail88
The Child of Auschwitz by Lily Graham
4.0
You realise from the start that when you read a book about the Holocaust, it's going to be emotional. This one is particularly so.
In 1942,s Prague, two women meet on the most horrendous train journey as they are picked up and transported to the Nazi camp in Auschwitz. They have both been separated from their family and loved ones and have to try and find them. Thrown together in such circumstances, they befriend each other and try to help eachother out. Eva has only been married for 6 months before he was taken away and she's sure he's in the dreaded camp. Sofie has been betrayed by a cousin and her baby is missing.
If the train journey was hard to read about, then when they get to the camp, you realise things are going to get worse. Their time here is horrendous and the everyday reality is hard to take. They are two ordinary women in very unusual circumstances and it's admirable to see their bravery whilst realising how hard it must have been to be in such a place and not know what is going on. Life in the camp is horrific as we know from history, but in the novel it seems all the more tragic as we see the women go about the laundry duties and taking the clothes and belongings from the 'newcomers' When you read this knowing exactly what was going on, it's all the more heartbreaking. The guards are evil personified and one even takes this further with one of the women which broke my heart.
How cam people even think of getting through something like this? How can they even cope day to day with the unknown? Well this novel is all about that and more and it's a deep and thought-provoking novel.. It's remarkable in so many ways and heartbreaking in equal measure.
A unique read about the Nazi camp but what shines is the determination and strength of the women (and men) there who refused to be victims.
In 1942,s Prague, two women meet on the most horrendous train journey as they are picked up and transported to the Nazi camp in Auschwitz. They have both been separated from their family and loved ones and have to try and find them. Thrown together in such circumstances, they befriend each other and try to help eachother out. Eva has only been married for 6 months before he was taken away and she's sure he's in the dreaded camp. Sofie has been betrayed by a cousin and her baby is missing.
If the train journey was hard to read about, then when they get to the camp, you realise things are going to get worse. Their time here is horrendous and the everyday reality is hard to take. They are two ordinary women in very unusual circumstances and it's admirable to see their bravery whilst realising how hard it must have been to be in such a place and not know what is going on. Life in the camp is horrific as we know from history, but in the novel it seems all the more tragic as we see the women go about the laundry duties and taking the clothes and belongings from the 'newcomers' When you read this knowing exactly what was going on, it's all the more heartbreaking. The guards are evil personified and one even takes this further with one of the women which broke my heart.
How cam people even think of getting through something like this? How can they even cope day to day with the unknown? Well this novel is all about that and more and it's a deep and thought-provoking novel.. It's remarkable in so many ways and heartbreaking in equal measure.
A unique read about the Nazi camp but what shines is the determination and strength of the women (and men) there who refused to be victims.