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Hope Is The Last To Die: A Coming Of Age Under Nazi Terror
This classic of Holocaust reminiscence was originally published in Poland in 1967. Covering the years 1939-1945, it is the author's own account of her experience growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her eventual deportation to, imprisonment in, and survival of the Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, and Neustadt-Glewe camps.
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by M.E. Sharpe
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I think I've read way too many Holocaust books, but this book interested me particularly because it takes place in Warsaw. It's a young girl's coming of age story as well, as the title says. And what a more trying time to come of age than WWII? I think it's hard to get, though; I purchased it at a ksiegarnia (small bookstore) inside Auschwitz.
Hope Is the Last to Die is a very unique book in the way that it is written, and the subject matter is different from other books. This book is about the Holocaust, told by a little girl, Helena, and her family's experience in Auschwitz. In this way, the book captures the reader, and takes them into their view point of what they experienced. Even if you knew nothing about the Holocaust, this book describes the horrors and lives of people who were sent to Auschwitz or who were threatened to go....more
I really enjoy reading different accounts from World War II, especially Polish ones. This is one of my favorites, in it Helena writes about her and her sisters experience in Auschwitz. I actually got this book at the little ksiegarnia (bookstore) outside of Auschwitz on a visit there a couple of years ago. The amazing thing about Helena'a perspective is how she still remained hopeful and saw good in people and in the world despite the horrible things she experienced.
The best book albout holocaust ever.
This book was very moving. It amazed me that she didn't view all Nazi's as bad, or all her fellow prisoners as good, she sees them with their human frailties and strengths. I definitely want to read it again.
I bought this book at Auschwitz. You have to be in the right frame of mind to read a book like this. It's a pretty amazing story.
the adult manifestation of my childhood obsession with books about the holocaust.
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