Inferno, Vol. 5: July 1943 to April 1945

by Eleanor H. Ayer, William L. Shulman (Editor)

This volume covers July 1943 to April 1945.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published August 21, 1997

About the author

Eleanor H. Ayer is an American novelist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her book Parallel Journeys. She was born and raised in Vermont, and was inspired to write at an early age by her mother's career as a teacher. She attended Syracuse University.

Reviews

[Amanda Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up visiting the border between East and West Germany, and sending my dad off on a regular basis to patrol it as a United States soldier. I heard the stories of the concentration camps, the Holocaust, and the then-current-day procedures of the East German border guards from German speaking tour guides.

I learned some things from this book. Quite a few things, actually. I did not know that there were so many different work camps, or death camps. There were sections on heroes and villains that I had little or no knowledge of. There were personal accounts from victims, survivors, and eye witnesses. I really "enjoyed" reading it...as much as one can enjoy horror of this magnitude.

I checked it out to share with my soft hearted, weak stomached ten year old. I will not encourage him to read it. It could be that I am underestimating him, but Ayer doesn't sugar coat things, and she doesn't tippy toe around. The photographs, which are nothing that I hadn't seen at his age, I think would distrub him. I'm not sure exactly what age group the author intended this book for, but I think this particular child could use a few more years of maturity under his belt before he can handle this without nightmares.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about the Holocaust and the germans went into the jews home and take the concentration camps to make them work.