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I seem to be reading a lot of books about WWII lately. And it hurts my soul. It is unimaginable what people are willing to do to one another. This man's, like so many others, story is heartbreaking. To have survived what he did is beyond belief. It sounds strange but he is a beautiful writer and can paint a picture that is visceral. And because of that talent, I long to lie in the fetal position for a bit. This is a book that I am so glad I read, but like reading Room or watching Schindler's Lis
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Feb 09, 2017
Carol
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it was amazing
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This was a book by someone I admire very much, Elie Wiesel. He records what happened to him as a boy during WWII in an engaging story which is heartbreaking. I did not realize that some Jewish people were able to stay at home and maintain a somewhat normal life like the Wiesel's until the Spring of 1944. I thought there was much persecution at an earlier time in history. He grew up in Transyslvania and as the story unfolds it contains all of the nightmares we have come to expect from Hitler's tr
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Jan 04, 2015
Iwik Pásková
marked it as to-read
