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A review by weekendwolfman
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer
5.0
I have read this book and handful of times throughout my lifetime. It is one of the oldest books that I have in my personal library. Up until tonight, it had been many years since I had read this book. I had a strong urge to pick it up again, and so I did.
This book will always be special to me because it was my first introduction into such a tragic era of human history: World War 2 and The Holocaust. I vaguely recall reading Anne's diary when I was very young. Her life was short, but I found her diary such an inspiration at that time that I decided I wanted to write about my daily goings-on like she would. Though to others it may be a trivial pursuit, it serves as an important keepsake of our own history and the mark we leave in our world.
Upon picking up the book, everything came back to me again. This was possibly one of the first books of its kind to symbolize the struggles that female prisoners in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen had to endure, which wasn't a subject that was really discussed at the time this book was published back in the late 1980's. Each woman inside these pages pours her heart out on her experiences with the Nazi killing machine. The stories these brave souls have chosen to reveal are extremely important reminders that The Holocaust was all too real and is something that should never ever be repeated ever again. The fact that these women have testified to the horrors of the Nazis serves to remind us of the evil humanity can be capable of, but also stresses the importance of endurance, kindness, solidarity and hope. All of these lessons are important to learn from, as the current state of our world is all but uncertain at this point. The women of course, also discuss their encounters with Anne Frank and her family members at the various camps. Some of these encounters are brief, others are more personal. They saw Anne suffer, but they also saw their families, friends and total strangers suffer terribly in this genocidal machine that Nazi Germany wrought upon Europe.
These women have done history an incredible service in recounting their experiences for posterity. It was so great to read this book again after so many years since my last read. God Bless all of those souls who suffered at the hands of the Nazis, and to all of those in the armed forces who fought to liberate their fellow humans from tyranny and brutality.
This book will always be special to me because it was my first introduction into such a tragic era of human history: World War 2 and The Holocaust. I vaguely recall reading Anne's diary when I was very young. Her life was short, but I found her diary such an inspiration at that time that I decided I wanted to write about my daily goings-on like she would. Though to others it may be a trivial pursuit, it serves as an important keepsake of our own history and the mark we leave in our world.
Upon picking up the book, everything came back to me again. This was possibly one of the first books of its kind to symbolize the struggles that female prisoners in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen had to endure, which wasn't a subject that was really discussed at the time this book was published back in the late 1980's. Each woman inside these pages pours her heart out on her experiences with the Nazi killing machine. The stories these brave souls have chosen to reveal are extremely important reminders that The Holocaust was all too real and is something that should never ever be repeated ever again. The fact that these women have testified to the horrors of the Nazis serves to remind us of the evil humanity can be capable of, but also stresses the importance of endurance, kindness, solidarity and hope. All of these lessons are important to learn from, as the current state of our world is all but uncertain at this point. The women of course, also discuss their encounters with Anne Frank and her family members at the various camps. Some of these encounters are brief, others are more personal. They saw Anne suffer, but they also saw their families, friends and total strangers suffer terribly in this genocidal machine that Nazi Germany wrought upon Europe.
These women have done history an incredible service in recounting their experiences for posterity. It was so great to read this book again after so many years since my last read. God Bless all of those souls who suffered at the hands of the Nazis, and to all of those in the armed forces who fought to liberate their fellow humans from tyranny and brutality.