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“The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in our souls the dregs of their darkness.”
2016 Reading Challenge #19:A book from Oprah's Book Club.
No sé si Elie Wiesel fue un gran hombre pero fue, sin lugar a duda, uno valiente. Atreverse a mirar atrás y revivir los horrores inimaginables de los campos de concentración, no es cualquier pequeñez.
Niños vivos siendo arrojados al fuego. Un hijo matando a su padre por una migaja de pan. El humo negro de las chimeneas de las cámaras c ...more

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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
-Elie Wiesel
I think one can never review a book like this one. Is there anything left to say? Even the author, Mr. Wiesel, mentions on the preface that for years after the liberation, he could not bring himself to write, because he didn’t know what to say, how to say it and if it was worth it. One can only imagine the loss of faith in religion, in humanity, in life, after being in a concentration ca ...more
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
-Elie Wiesel
I think one can never review a book like this one. Is there anything left to say? Even the author, Mr. Wiesel, mentions on the preface that for years after the liberation, he could not bring himself to write, because he didn’t know what to say, how to say it and if it was worth it. One can only imagine the loss of faith in religion, in humanity, in life, after being in a concentration ca ...more

What a powerful book to read and how relevant it is today with the human rights violations the Syrians are experiencing under Assad, much like the Jews did under Hitler. There were sections that left me dumbfounded and shocked that human will can be extended that far. I've read so many history books about WWII but nothing painted a clearer picture than this memoir. This shall remain as a humanity must read.
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