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A review by omcardle133
A Gypsy in Auschwitz by Otto Rosenberg
5.0
This is a very easy-to-read (in terms of language, presentation and flow, if not subject matter) book that explores an aspect of the Nazi genocides that Europe probably doesn't talk enough about – the genocide of the Sinti and Roma.
We follow a boy from childhood as the Nazi persecution begins and his family are forcibly relocated, through into adolescence as he is sent between several work and concentration camps, and following the liberation of the camps as he tries to build himself an adult life.
What is striking, and makes it such a powerful book, is the matter-of-factness with which the story is recounted (it's been dictated from father to child) and how quickly the appalling conditions and pervasiveness of death become routine.
We follow a boy from childhood as the Nazi persecution begins and his family are forcibly relocated, through into adolescence as he is sent between several work and concentration camps, and following the liberation of the camps as he tries to build himself an adult life.
What is striking, and makes it such a powerful book, is the matter-of-factness with which the story is recounted (it's been dictated from father to child) and how quickly the appalling conditions and pervasiveness of death become routine.