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Holocaust
by
Gerald Green
Gerald Green's novel Holocaust, which is based on his teleplay for the 1978 NBC miniseries, seeks to put faces on the tragedy by telling the story of the experience of two German families whose lives intersect at certain points. The Dorfs are "good" Germans, loyal to the new Nazi regime, and their son Erik, a promising lawyer, finds his ambitions realized in the SS at the...more
Paperback, A Corgi book, 408 pages
Published
August 25th 1978
by Corgi Books
(first published 1978)
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"In the three years between 1935 and 1938, the slow strangling of Jewish life had continued." Gerald Green's "Holocaust" recounts both the devastating impact and immense oppression that the Holocaust had caused. This novel contains excerpts from the diaries of two families who were directly affected by the holocaust. Although, stark, gritty and devastating, this novel is a must-read. It leaves a lasting impact on the reader, and enables us to realize that we should be grateful that we had not ha...more
The non-fiction book I read about WWII is an older book called Holocaust by Gerald Greene. It tells two stories, one from the perspective of a SS soldier and later officer who is at Heydrich's right side, listening, reporting, and ordering things that concern the annihilation of Jews; and the other of a Jewish man who becomes a partisan, falls in love, and loses everyone and everything he cares about at the hands of the Nazis. Both of these men and their stories are described and told in vivid...more
I read this back in the late 70's..I have the 1978 hardcover edition.
This is, in my opinion, one of the forgotten gems of the literary world. In Holocaust we go back and forward between Rudy Weiss, a young Jewish man trying to escape the Nazi regime and Erik Dorff, a Nazi officer. The two men are connected by Rudy's father, who was a doctor and treated Mr. Dorff's wife.
Throughout the entire novel, there is a sense of foreboding, even in a light hearted situation. I'd recommend this book to eve...more
This is, in my opinion, one of the forgotten gems of the literary world. In Holocaust we go back and forward between Rudy Weiss, a young Jewish man trying to escape the Nazi regime and Erik Dorff, a Nazi officer. The two men are connected by Rudy's father, who was a doctor and treated Mr. Dorff's wife.
Throughout the entire novel, there is a sense of foreboding, even in a light hearted situation. I'd recommend this book to eve...more
La familia integral
Vertientes distintas que nos conducen a dos únicos finales; la vida y la muerte. Se llego a un punto donde algunos vieron el error que cometieron y rectificaron, otros no lo lograron a tiempo y finalmente, otros mas simplemente sucumbieron.
La historia toca la fibra sensible, sin duda un gran libro, no solo en el aspecto técnico de su narración sino su crudeza en la descripción de las distintas situaciones que iban sucediendo. A pesar ser un libro bastante extenso; la lectura...more
Vertientes distintas que nos conducen a dos únicos finales; la vida y la muerte. Se llego a un punto donde algunos vieron el error que cometieron y rectificaron, otros no lo lograron a tiempo y finalmente, otros mas simplemente sucumbieron.
La historia toca la fibra sensible, sin duda un gran libro, no solo en el aspecto técnico de su narración sino su crudeza en la descripción de las distintas situaciones que iban sucediendo. A pesar ser un libro bastante extenso; la lectura...more
Gerald Green has concentrated on the history of the Holocaust for many years & written 2 previous books on the subject. Artists of Terezin & The Legion of the Noble Christians.
The scene is 1935 Berlin, where Dr Weiss is a physician and Erik Dorf a struggling young lawyer. It's a tale of their two families during the war.
I have the 1978 hardcover edition
The scene is 1935 Berlin, where Dr Weiss is a physician and Erik Dorf a struggling young lawyer. It's a tale of their two families during the war.
I have the 1978 hardcover edition
A harrowing subject and an emotional roller coaster, but a book that everyone should read!
It makes you ask yourself a lot of questions about the human mind and how it can be changed in so many people at the same time, to lead a whole country into such an extreme situation.
It makes you ask yourself a lot of questions about the human mind and how it can be changed in so many people at the same time, to lead a whole country into such an extreme situation.
Read this book over 25 years ago, my Hardback edition was from a book club with same illustrated cover but with a red surround. I remember watching the television series as well. From my recollections it was both a great book and a great series about an horrific subject.
I loved this book. It is fiction, but it gives a real feel to what it was like in Nazi Germany. I loved it and it gave me a lot of insight into the fear of the holocaust and how even good people can be corrupted by power.
The juxtaposition of the true account of a Holocaust survivor with the diary entries of a nazi officer who had a hand in killing the vast majority of his family is striking, emotionally exhausting and highly recommended.
Everybody should read it. Story about people who for certain period of their lives believed to be gods. Terifying and eye-opening story from both sides of the Holocaust.
This is my favorite book of all time and, in my humble opinion, one of the forgotten gems of the literary world. In this novel, we bounce between two stories: The story of Rudy Weiss, a young Jewish man trying to escape the Nazi Regime and Erik Dorff, a Nazi officer. The two stories are connected by one minor character, Rudy's father, who was a doctor and treated Mr. Dorff's wife. Throughout the entire novel, there is a sense of foreboding, even in the most pleasant of scenes, which can be hard...more
En realidad quiero leer este libro, pero al ver lo gordo que es me da pereza, lo leere cuando termine uno que estoy leyendo actualmente.
What the classic 70's miniseries starring Meryl Streep and James Woods was based on. personally, I loved both transliterations.
best personal account of holocaust seen through eyes of young teen, and how it affected families.
Very disturbing but an excellent book! Makes you so grateful for what you have!
Really great book about an SS officer and a Jewish family. Loved it!
This book gave me new insight as to how the Nazi's were thinking. Their thoughts were appalling, but something everyone should know.
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Tough subject matter but well worth the read.
Harrowing but essential reading.
My favorite book of all time!
Excelente.
K
Lástima que sea la adaptación de la serie de televisión basada en la historia de la familia Weiss, pero es igualmente desgarrador desde la primera a la última página.
Gosh!
This book tells of the holocaust from two perspectives, both German, one a jew, the other a soldier. The descriptions of the horrors are every bit as distubing as I expected them to be, more so. A numbness has overcome me as I continue to trudge through in finishing this book...
Fantastic book about a soldier in the German army and a jewish family. Amazing how he captured the minds of the german soldier and the jewish family. He explained how these german soldiers convinced themselves that what they were doing was right and for the greater good.
I found this on my parents' bookshelves during middle school, when my class was reading Anne Frank's diary. Despite being a work of fiction, this book opened my twelve year-old eyes, and brought my understanding of what happened in WWII Europe to whole new level.
Uno sobre los crimenes nazis lee mucho pero en libros de historia... no en novelas, como es el caso de este libro.. que lo inserta a uno en la vida de una familia judía y lo hacer conocer de forma más cercana el día a día de esas épocas.
Den sorgligaste boken jag läst.
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I thought Holocaust was pretty good. it really caught my attention and pulled at my heart strings.
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Green attended Columbia College, where he edited the Jester, starred in several Varsity Shows, and was a member of the Philolexian Society. He graduated from the college in 1942 and, after serving in the US Army in Europe during the Second World War, where he was also the editor of the army's Stars and Stripes newspaper, he returned to New York to attend the Columbia Journalism School.
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