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Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II #3
The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs
A Jewish teenager. Four concentration camps. His family and home lost forever. This is his unforgettable story of survival.When the Nazis entered Poland in September 1939, Joseph lost his entire family and his Hevra. They were murdered because they were Jewish. At the young age of seventeen he had to learn how to survive, all on his own.
There was no escape possible. Joseph was transported to the worst places conceivable, first Majdanek, then Auschwitz, Dora and Bergen-Belsen. In these camps he experienced desperation, illness, starvation and unimaginable brutality. Yet, Joseph survived - against all odds. Was it cunningness, determination or just luck? Upon his return to Poland to reclaim possessions, he encountered the same fierce antisemitism.
Mentally scarred, Joseph confronted his traumatic wartime memories in the form of this testimony, thereby fulfilling an obligation to the six million who lost their lives.
The Dead Years is a deeply personal, poignant and devasting read.Schupack accounts in exceptional detail the harrowing events of WW2.
It’s an important memoir from a young man’s experience of a history that should never be forgotten.
There was no escape possible. Joseph was transported to the worst places conceivable, first Majdanek, then Auschwitz, Dora and Bergen-Belsen. In these camps he experienced desperation, illness, starvation and unimaginable brutality. Yet, Joseph survived - against all odds. Was it cunningness, determination or just luck? Upon his return to Poland to reclaim possessions, he encountered the same fierce antisemitism.
Mentally scarred, Joseph confronted his traumatic wartime memories in the form of this testimony, thereby fulfilling an obligation to the six million who lost their lives.
The Dead Years is a deeply personal, poignant and devasting read.Schupack accounts in exceptional detail the harrowing events of WW2.
It’s an important memoir from a young man’s experience of a history that should never be forgotten.
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Published February 10, 2017
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November 3, 2019
This memoir is not written in the format of a classic storyline but consists of short paragraphs about the various things Joseph Schupack remembered. The writing style is to the point and quite unflinching and since every paragraph is designed to focus on one specific memory, there’s a lot coming at you as a reader. The Dead Years is a book that’s shorter than my average reads with a total count of 209 pages, but I read it deliberately in a few sittings, simply because this memoir mustn’t be rushed and I felt I needed to take my time to let it all sink in.
It is not emotionally written though, there’s a distancing from what happened and most of the time the author doesn’t share his deepest grief or fears (many of his family die but he describes that too in only one or two paragraphs, then skips to something else) but don’t get me wrong, the events he had to live through are so harrowing, so atrocious and incomprehensible that I didn’t really need more emotion, you can feel his pain through the descriptions and his words.
I’ve read some books about WWII before and while I recognize the same torture and barbaric acts in the camps regardless of its location (it’s still incomprehensible how that could be so consistent wherever you were), I hadn’t read any accounts from survivers about the Majdanek extermination camp yet, or how you were already destined to be everyone’s scapegoat if you happened to be born a Jew in Poland pre-war. Long before the deportations began, life was already all about surviving. The reality was very grim. I read about all the Aktionen that were used, new rules coming in vigor each Friday, and how that deprived them of their freedoms, having to move house several times, giving up valuables, being forbidden to listen to the radio, or coming together at night, just to name a few. There’re a lot more abhorrent and wicked actions that were being undertaken at that time, and they didn’t all happen in the camps. The Dead Years certainly contributed to form a bigger picture of Poland’s landscape as he tells what is often unheard of. I also appreciated that Joseph Schupack told about the days and weeks that followed after the liberation. I was astonished that people in his home town were still holding on to this anti-semetic ideology.
Joseph Schupack was a strong man and his strong mind and a good dose of luck made him a survivor. Only the ending left me a bit sad though, it was a bit abrupt and the author seemed bitter for reasons that the reader can’t really comprehend because he didn’t elaborate but were about a life-long friendship which turned sour. I felt it was a bit of a shame those were the last words of his book (he listed 3 important dates/moments after that but that was more of an afterword).
The Dead Years was an unapologetic read, powerful and poignant. The cruelty of people has no limits and it’s hard to believe we’re the same species as the people who did all this. This book definitely left its mark.
It is not emotionally written though, there’s a distancing from what happened and most of the time the author doesn’t share his deepest grief or fears (many of his family die but he describes that too in only one or two paragraphs, then skips to something else) but don’t get me wrong, the events he had to live through are so harrowing, so atrocious and incomprehensible that I didn’t really need more emotion, you can feel his pain through the descriptions and his words.
I’ve read some books about WWII before and while I recognize the same torture and barbaric acts in the camps regardless of its location (it’s still incomprehensible how that could be so consistent wherever you were), I hadn’t read any accounts from survivers about the Majdanek extermination camp yet, or how you were already destined to be everyone’s scapegoat if you happened to be born a Jew in Poland pre-war. Long before the deportations began, life was already all about surviving. The reality was very grim. I read about all the Aktionen that were used, new rules coming in vigor each Friday, and how that deprived them of their freedoms, having to move house several times, giving up valuables, being forbidden to listen to the radio, or coming together at night, just to name a few. There’re a lot more abhorrent and wicked actions that were being undertaken at that time, and they didn’t all happen in the camps. The Dead Years certainly contributed to form a bigger picture of Poland’s landscape as he tells what is often unheard of. I also appreciated that Joseph Schupack told about the days and weeks that followed after the liberation. I was astonished that people in his home town were still holding on to this anti-semetic ideology.
Joseph Schupack was a strong man and his strong mind and a good dose of luck made him a survivor. Only the ending left me a bit sad though, it was a bit abrupt and the author seemed bitter for reasons that the reader can’t really comprehend because he didn’t elaborate but were about a life-long friendship which turned sour. I felt it was a bit of a shame those were the last words of his book (he listed 3 important dates/moments after that but that was more of an afterword).
The Dead Years was an unapologetic read, powerful and poignant. The cruelty of people has no limits and it’s hard to believe we’re the same species as the people who did all this. This book definitely left its mark.
January 30, 2018
The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs – Written by Joseph Schupack – Reviewed 1/29/18
The Holocaust like you have never read before!!!! Very graphic!!! The Dead Years is deeply personal and moving.
Poignant Holocaust Survivor Story, offering a unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. Holocaust survivor stories need to be kept alive. Every year, survivors with unique testimonies are passing away. Soon, we will no longer be able to hear first-hand from the people who survived the Holocaust. Books and video testimonials will be the only ways to get to know their moving stories. Joseph Schupack has fulfilled a vow to those who did not survive: to write his Holocaust memoirs and offer a unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. In “The Dead Years”, Joseph Schupack (1922 - 1989) describes his life in Radzyn-Podlaski, a typical Polish shtetl from where he was transported to the concentration camps of Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Dora / Nordhausen and Bergen-Belsen during the Second World War. We witness how he struggled to remain true to his own standards of decency and being human. Considering the premeditated and systematic humiliation and brutality, it is a miracle that he survived and came to terms with his memories.
What did I like? I would make only one suggestion to the family and that would be that the book even though it is in their father’s words they might consider having it edited again. Many things were repeatedly stated to the point of irritation on the readers part. That being said it was mind-blowing read and a period in our history that I would never want to be repeated! It is inspiring that he lived through it. You have to give him credit for the fact that he did and lived it to his own standards of life! This was a very formidable book to read because it is so emotional and personal. Even though I was not even born at the time my dad was there fighting for the US and brought back photos of the horrendous graves with the people lying in them. I know that maybe he should not have taken the photo’s, but it brought to light the horrors that he went through and just a touch of what the Jewish people had done to them. I know that for years after the war it affected my dad and many of his friends.
What will you like? This is such an emotional read that the statement of what will you like is hard to say. The horrors and humiliation that was dumped on the Jewish people are truly unbelievable and to read it from a survivor’s point of view is difficult. I know that I personally have read many accounts of this time frame of history, but this truly brought it to life. I had terrible nightmares for several nights after completing to book. I recommend this read for anyone that wants to read the truth about the devastation to the Jewish population and how they were almost decimated from the human race. I received this from the author for an honest review with no other compensation plus I purchased the book myself.
The Holocaust like you have never read before!!!! Very graphic!!! The Dead Years is deeply personal and moving.
Poignant Holocaust Survivor Story, offering a unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. Holocaust survivor stories need to be kept alive. Every year, survivors with unique testimonies are passing away. Soon, we will no longer be able to hear first-hand from the people who survived the Holocaust. Books and video testimonials will be the only ways to get to know their moving stories. Joseph Schupack has fulfilled a vow to those who did not survive: to write his Holocaust memoirs and offer a unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. In “The Dead Years”, Joseph Schupack (1922 - 1989) describes his life in Radzyn-Podlaski, a typical Polish shtetl from where he was transported to the concentration camps of Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Dora / Nordhausen and Bergen-Belsen during the Second World War. We witness how he struggled to remain true to his own standards of decency and being human. Considering the premeditated and systematic humiliation and brutality, it is a miracle that he survived and came to terms with his memories.
What did I like? I would make only one suggestion to the family and that would be that the book even though it is in their father’s words they might consider having it edited again. Many things were repeatedly stated to the point of irritation on the readers part. That being said it was mind-blowing read and a period in our history that I would never want to be repeated! It is inspiring that he lived through it. You have to give him credit for the fact that he did and lived it to his own standards of life! This was a very formidable book to read because it is so emotional and personal. Even though I was not even born at the time my dad was there fighting for the US and brought back photos of the horrendous graves with the people lying in them. I know that maybe he should not have taken the photo’s, but it brought to light the horrors that he went through and just a touch of what the Jewish people had done to them. I know that for years after the war it affected my dad and many of his friends.
What will you like? This is such an emotional read that the statement of what will you like is hard to say. The horrors and humiliation that was dumped on the Jewish people are truly unbelievable and to read it from a survivor’s point of view is difficult. I know that I personally have read many accounts of this time frame of history, but this truly brought it to life. I had terrible nightmares for several nights after completing to book. I recommend this read for anyone that wants to read the truth about the devastation to the Jewish population and how they were almost decimated from the human race. I received this from the author for an honest review with no other compensation plus I purchased the book myself.
April 13, 2018
Mesmerizing
I am Jewish and many of my family were killed in the holocaust. I read books such as this as a way to maybe know them. Or people like them at any cost. It all breaks my heart. But I know that none of us should forget. So I read.
I am Jewish and many of my family were killed in the holocaust. I read books such as this as a way to maybe know them. Or people like them at any cost. It all breaks my heart. But I know that none of us should forget. So I read.
September 13, 2019
Amazing but hard to get into
I love reading about first hand accounts on this subject. I still have a hard time reading about it but it is something that is slowly disappearing.
I love reading about first hand accounts on this subject. I still have a hard time reading about it but it is something that is slowly disappearing.
April 19, 2021
An insightful, well-written memoir by Joseph Schupack was a Holocaust survivor (1924-1989) from Radzyn-Podlaski, a small town in Poland.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939, Joseph's entire family was murdered simply because they were Jewish. At the young age of 17, he was completely alone. He was imprisoned in some of the worst concentration camps of the Holocaust, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Dora, Bergen-Belsen. In these camps, he experienced desperation, illness, starvation, and unimaginable brutality. Yet, Joseph survived - against all odds.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939, Joseph's entire family was murdered simply because they were Jewish. At the young age of 17, he was completely alone. He was imprisoned in some of the worst concentration camps of the Holocaust, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Dora, Bergen-Belsen. In these camps, he experienced desperation, illness, starvation, and unimaginable brutality. Yet, Joseph survived - against all odds.
June 17, 2017
Must Read
A heart wrenching book to read. The language and characters were a little difficult to follow at times. Mr.Shupack's strong will to live and his faith pulled him through,when many others may have given up. The fact that he survived several camps is amazing,and that he had such a good memory after such deprivation. He is a testament to how the spirit can endure over horrible hardships.
A heart wrenching book to read. The language and characters were a little difficult to follow at times. Mr.Shupack's strong will to live and his faith pulled him through,when many others may have given up. The fact that he survived several camps is amazing,and that he had such a good memory after such deprivation. He is a testament to how the spirit can endure over horrible hardships.
February 3, 2019
Excellent Holocaust Memoir
Clear, concise and horrifying in its simplicity, Joseph Schupack's memoir is a must read. The Holocaust could happen again. It is imperative to remember...the present is not immune from the past. Authentic experience and relevant ideals are passed from one individual to another. In this memoir, I am reminded of why the integrity and sovereignty of the nation of Israel must be held sacrosanct.
Clear, concise and horrifying in its simplicity, Joseph Schupack's memoir is a must read. The Holocaust could happen again. It is imperative to remember...the present is not immune from the past. Authentic experience and relevant ideals are passed from one individual to another. In this memoir, I am reminded of why the integrity and sovereignty of the nation of Israel must be held sacrosanct.
March 15, 2017
Painful Truths
Thank you, Joseph, for letting it out and let the world know the sufferrings of the Jewish people for the past two thousand years. May God protect His chosen people and never allow it to happen again. Never.
Thank you, Joseph, for letting it out and let the world know the sufferrings of the Jewish people for the past two thousand years. May God protect His chosen people and never allow it to happen again. Never.
July 16, 2017
Excellent account of Holocaust terror
Well written by a insightful man who maintained his morals throughout the years in concentration camps. I would recommend to everyone interested in the Holocaust.
Well written by a insightful man who maintained his morals throughout the years in concentration camps. I would recommend to everyone interested in the Holocaust.
July 17, 2017
A must read
I cannot imagine trying to live through the holocaust and how the events effected humanity. I think this book does a fantastic job of giving a glimpse into how not only the Jews dealt with the holocaust but how all nationalities were involved.
I cannot imagine trying to live through the holocaust and how the events effected humanity. I think this book does a fantastic job of giving a glimpse into how not only the Jews dealt with the holocaust but how all nationalities were involved.
March 3, 2019
Heart breaking
The book goes into detail a life that someone suffered through my heart just aches knowing people were out through this and still manage to prevail and live a happy life.
The book goes into detail a life that someone suffered through my heart just aches knowing people were out through this and still manage to prevail and live a happy life.
October 11, 2017
A wonderful memoir.
Joseph's son's should be so proud of their dad. It's really hard to believe he went through. He was truly extraordinary.
Joseph's son's should be so proud of their dad. It's really hard to believe he went through. He was truly extraordinary.
July 19, 2025
Another testimony by an eye witness, victim and survivor. May the world never forget. Quotes that stayed:
The events of childhood are decisive. Pleasant memories keep us happy for a lifetime, whereas bad ones can never be forgotten.
We saw Russian soldiers, and they saw us. It appeared to be a sort of silent understanding.
I left angered at the demonstration and promised myself never to carry or serve any human god again. To this day I have lived up to this promise.
What was happening to us Jews caused one to question God and the conscience of mankind. Was this the same almighty and compassionate God to whom we had been praying for thousands of years who let all this happen? Why, out of so many people, all of whom were under His protection, did some become killers, others victims?
Contrary to the law of nature, according to which children usually survive their parents and bury them, my parents were compelled to mourn their children who had been torn away from them by murderers. After the son, the daughter.
The living were actually already dead, awaiting only the hour of execution.
The Nazi murderers cannot be compared with other killers. A comparison with other murderers and crimes of former or later times is a disparagement of the Nazis’ victims. There has never been anything similar in history, and the 6 million victims are not alive to testify.
Their brutality was so incalculable that we could not conceive of any man capable of such behavior. Therefore we always reacted too late to avoid them.We will never know how many Jews lost their lives on the tracks leading to Treblinka, Majdanek and Auschwitz because of the sins of others.
Abandoned by God and men, our distress signals were heard by no one as we drifted through storms encircled by bloodthirsty sharks.
Some regarded it as God’s punishment – perhaps that eased their pain.
In the history of mankind, there have always been brutal men, murderers and sadists, but never before has there been such organized torture. Someone who did not live through that period cannot imagine the reality and the extent of the Nazi genocide. The perpetrators of this crime dehumanized themselves.
For us it started with a naïve belief in the goodness of humanity, its culture and civilization. It ended in the death of six million Jewish men, women and children whose only crime was being born Jewish.
I wanted to survive at least for that reason, to spite our enemies out of “daffke”. I also did not want the Nazis to decide the manner in which I was to die. The journey continued, as did my struggle to survive.
I was indebted to good fortune: firstly, that I never served the Nazis intentionally or voluntarily; secondly, that I never acted against my people and my fellow sufferers.
The diabolical and ingenious extermination apparatus of the SS was created to replace the humane with the inhuman and the good with the bad.
In spite of a number of exceptions, our persecutors never succeeded in replacing good human qualities with the diabolic ones they promulgated and encouraged.
so typical of the many people who either want to strangle us out of hate, or smother us with brotherly love. We would be content to be allowed to live as human beings and as a people like any other, without ever again needing to rely on others.
It was a great day for a simple Jew like me whom the murderers had forgotten to kill.
“Whatever transpires in this world I perceive through the mirror of the past.”
The events of childhood are decisive. Pleasant memories keep us happy for a lifetime, whereas bad ones can never be forgotten.
We saw Russian soldiers, and they saw us. It appeared to be a sort of silent understanding.
I left angered at the demonstration and promised myself never to carry or serve any human god again. To this day I have lived up to this promise.
What was happening to us Jews caused one to question God and the conscience of mankind. Was this the same almighty and compassionate God to whom we had been praying for thousands of years who let all this happen? Why, out of so many people, all of whom were under His protection, did some become killers, others victims?
Contrary to the law of nature, according to which children usually survive their parents and bury them, my parents were compelled to mourn their children who had been torn away from them by murderers. After the son, the daughter.
The living were actually already dead, awaiting only the hour of execution.
The Nazi murderers cannot be compared with other killers. A comparison with other murderers and crimes of former or later times is a disparagement of the Nazis’ victims. There has never been anything similar in history, and the 6 million victims are not alive to testify.
Their brutality was so incalculable that we could not conceive of any man capable of such behavior. Therefore we always reacted too late to avoid them.We will never know how many Jews lost their lives on the tracks leading to Treblinka, Majdanek and Auschwitz because of the sins of others.
Abandoned by God and men, our distress signals were heard by no one as we drifted through storms encircled by bloodthirsty sharks.
Some regarded it as God’s punishment – perhaps that eased their pain.
In the history of mankind, there have always been brutal men, murderers and sadists, but never before has there been such organized torture. Someone who did not live through that period cannot imagine the reality and the extent of the Nazi genocide. The perpetrators of this crime dehumanized themselves.
For us it started with a naïve belief in the goodness of humanity, its culture and civilization. It ended in the death of six million Jewish men, women and children whose only crime was being born Jewish.
I wanted to survive at least for that reason, to spite our enemies out of “daffke”. I also did not want the Nazis to decide the manner in which I was to die. The journey continued, as did my struggle to survive.
I was indebted to good fortune: firstly, that I never served the Nazis intentionally or voluntarily; secondly, that I never acted against my people and my fellow sufferers.
The diabolical and ingenious extermination apparatus of the SS was created to replace the humane with the inhuman and the good with the bad.
In spite of a number of exceptions, our persecutors never succeeded in replacing good human qualities with the diabolic ones they promulgated and encouraged.
so typical of the many people who either want to strangle us out of hate, or smother us with brotherly love. We would be content to be allowed to live as human beings and as a people like any other, without ever again needing to rely on others.
It was a great day for a simple Jew like me whom the murderers had forgotten to kill.
“Whatever transpires in this world I perceive through the mirror of the past.”
December 19, 2021
Horrors of a Lifetime
As a woman born in 1948, the year of the founding of Israel, I grew up hearing of the atrocities of the Jews during WW2. Being born in the USA and Christian, I have always tried to read as much as I could about the Holocaust and this book is such a frank and open look into the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Mr Schupack takes you through his eyes as a child in a Jewish ghetto in Poland through to his liberation from Bergen Belsen, with stops at several concentration camps, including Auschwitz and the horrors he saw and endured will make you cry "never again"! That he was able to endure the pain and suffering while a very young man goes to the strength of the Jewish people! This is a gripping book of survival!
As a woman born in 1948, the year of the founding of Israel, I grew up hearing of the atrocities of the Jews during WW2. Being born in the USA and Christian, I have always tried to read as much as I could about the Holocaust and this book is such a frank and open look into the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Mr Schupack takes you through his eyes as a child in a Jewish ghetto in Poland through to his liberation from Bergen Belsen, with stops at several concentration camps, including Auschwitz and the horrors he saw and endured will make you cry "never again"! That he was able to endure the pain and suffering while a very young man goes to the strength of the Jewish people! This is a gripping book of survival!
November 26, 2023
A gut wrenching true story that must be heard…
This book wasn't an easy read and nor should it be. It's a raw factual account of a man living though hell on earth.
How so many people endured so much and still went on to live there lives is a testament to the bravery of these people.
The Holocaust should never be forgotten I would love to say people have learnt a valuable lesson from these events and yet we still see the hatred to this day.
Why? I can't answer in my eyes it is much easier to love than to hate it's a shame the world in general can't feel the same.
One last thing for his two children, your dad would be so proud of you. I wish you well God bless and thank you for sharing your fathers story ❤️
This book wasn't an easy read and nor should it be. It's a raw factual account of a man living though hell on earth.
How so many people endured so much and still went on to live there lives is a testament to the bravery of these people.
The Holocaust should never be forgotten I would love to say people have learnt a valuable lesson from these events and yet we still see the hatred to this day.
Why? I can't answer in my eyes it is much easier to love than to hate it's a shame the world in general can't feel the same.
One last thing for his two children, your dad would be so proud of you. I wish you well God bless and thank you for sharing your fathers story ❤️
August 27, 2019
Anti polish slur. Few "pearls" from it:
"Polish anti-Semitism was a sentiment largely propagated by the ruling class, who thought they should equal or even surpass the Nazis’ intense hatred of Jews."
"It was not by chance that Poland was chosen as the place for the extermination of the Jews."
Etc etc
To be honest after going through first 50 pages Poles seem to be way worse than Germans. And anyone familiar with the ww2 history knows it is not true.
So please read responsibly
"Polish anti-Semitism was a sentiment largely propagated by the ruling class, who thought they should equal or even surpass the Nazis’ intense hatred of Jews."
"It was not by chance that Poland was chosen as the place for the extermination of the Jews."
Etc etc
To be honest after going through first 50 pages Poles seem to be way worse than Germans. And anyone familiar with the ww2 history knows it is not true.
So please read responsibly
November 5, 2020
I am honestly torn at how to accurately and fairly rate this book. The latter sections about Mr. Schupack's experiences in the camp were harrowing and well-written. I greatly appreciated these sections and felt it made the reading all worth it.
I struggled to get through the first half of the book. It seemed to jump around and had no coherent narrative. However, these were important to understand his entire story.
Despite my mixed feelings on the book as a whole, what this man went through and lived to tell is remarkable.
I struggled to get through the first half of the book. It seemed to jump around and had no coherent narrative. However, these were important to understand his entire story.
Despite my mixed feelings on the book as a whole, what this man went through and lived to tell is remarkable.
August 23, 2021
Doubt
If anyone ever doubts that the holocaust happened , which remains a mystery as how people could , then please read this book and then deny it At times a very difficult read at the cruelty of man upon man At times l felt as though l too was suffering on behalf of their pain it was too words just fail me Thank you
If anyone ever doubts that the holocaust happened , which remains a mystery as how people could , then please read this book and then deny it At times a very difficult read at the cruelty of man upon man At times l felt as though l too was suffering on behalf of their pain it was too words just fail me Thank you
September 24, 2021
Amazing Story
As a Christian it saddens me how we cannot and do not treat others as we should. May we remember how the Jews were treated and may we not repeat history. May I be an example by my life and show others to treat people all people with dignity. We are all important in God’s eyes!!
As a Christian it saddens me how we cannot and do not treat others as we should. May we remember how the Jews were treated and may we not repeat history. May I be an example by my life and show others to treat people all people with dignity. We are all important in God’s eyes!!
January 26, 2023
I'm planning to read all of these books in this series ! Each one is a survivors tale, each one leaves me emotional but also with a great insight to a time of utter turmoil. These books need to be shared that's what I plan to do. Thankyou to Joseph for Sharing his story, I hope you've found peace in your resting place and have been reunited with the family you lost.
November 4, 2020
Good book that was hard to read
Very good book. It was hard to read at times. The author endured so much while at the concentration camps. I am so glad his story is told in this book. Everyone should read it.
Very good book. It was hard to read at times. The author endured so much while at the concentration camps. I am so glad his story is told in this book. Everyone should read it.
December 14, 2020
Amazing man and life
This is an amazing story of a mans life during one of the most tragic events in history. Thank you for writing this painful history for us to understand that we can never let this happen again. From my heart to yours thank you.
This is an amazing story of a mans life during one of the most tragic events in history. Thank you for writing this painful history for us to understand that we can never let this happen again. From my heart to yours thank you.
June 2, 2021
A great memoir about a horrible time in the history of the world. This is one of the best books about the holocaust I've read. I enjoyed Joseph Schupack's openness and honesty about what he did during that time.
November 9, 2021
Thank you for sharing your fathers story. I’ve read several of these survivor books and it just amazes me that this actually happened. For him to tell his story he was probably reliving it again. Not that it would ever go away. I cannot imagine.
February 4, 2022
Thank you Joseph for sharing your horrific memories. We think we have it hard some times, nothing like the "events" you had to endure. My heart goes out to you and all of those that survived. RIP the the millions that lost their lives.
March 5, 2025
Moving
Moving personal story of a survivor. A very different account and path to others I have read. With a bit more added personal struggles at the end.
Definitely worth a read, very gripping and emotional
Moving personal story of a survivor. A very different account and path to others I have read. With a bit more added personal struggles at the end.
Definitely worth a read, very gripping and emotional
June 10, 2020
Amazing
An amazing story of fortitude endurance and survival while keeping his own sense of morals. What a courageous man and a history of an unparalleled time of darkness.
An amazing story of fortitude endurance and survival while keeping his own sense of morals. What a courageous man and a history of an unparalleled time of darkness.
April 16, 2021
Humanity
An amazing tale of human endurance against unbelievable diabolical Evil.
All right minded people believe that should not have happened and should never be repeated
An amazing tale of human endurance against unbelievable diabolical Evil.
All right minded people believe that should not have happened and should never be repeated
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July 9, 2021Interesting first person account
The book itself was an interesting read, but the author changed topics so often it was hard to keep things straight.
The book itself was an interesting read, but the author changed topics so often it was hard to keep things straight.
March 12, 2022
Great book
What a wonderful yet so very sad book. I can not imagine how these poor people suffered like they did. What hero's they are.
What a wonderful yet so very sad book. I can not imagine how these poor people suffered like they did. What hero's they are.
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