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Elie Wiesel,

Marion Wiesel (Translator)

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Feb 16, 2013 Bookguide rated it it was amazing

Shelves: wwii, 1956-club

What can I say? There are no surprises here; the story of the Holocaust has been well-enough documented, and I've seen enough dramatisations and documentaries to know what happened. I was shocked that, in the introduction, Elie Wiesel explains how difficult it was to get his book published: "the subject was considered morbid and interested no one." Amazing. Despite the difficult subject matter, the book is well-written and very readable. Although it tells it how it was, it doesn't dwell on the h ...more

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Jun 25, 2024 Sue Kozlowski rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 100-books-to-read-before-you-die, non-fiction, memoir, 196-countries, z-196-read-romania, world-war-ii, debut-novel, horror, war-refugees, famine

I read this book because it was on one of the "100 Books to Read Before You Die" lists. I like reading books from this list because it introduces me to authors and subjects I otherwise wouldn't read about.

Elie Wiesel was a teenager in Sighet, Romania when his family was captured by the German Nazi's in May 1944 and brought to a concentration camp. He was immediately separated from his mother and younger sister; he and his father were together almost until the end of the war when his father died. ...more

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