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J. Michael Dolan
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The Trumpets of Jericho
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Mrs. Wallenberg
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I've a new novel out on Amazon titled Mrs. Wallenberg: a Holocaust romance.
I wrote it for the many today that in my experience I found sadly unaware of one of history's great stories. My aim in doing so was to retell the remarkable tale of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, the latter-day Moses who rescued untold thousands of Jews from the murderous clutches of the Nazi SS in 1944 Hungary.
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I wrote it for the many today that in my experience I found sadly unaware of one of history's great stories. My aim in doing so was to retell the remarkable tale of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, the latter-day Moses who rescued untold thousands of Jews from the murderous clutches of the Nazi SS in 1944 Hungary.
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“At Auschwitz, everything was either ass-backward or a corruption of itself. The Ten Commandments were turned on their head-- thou shalt kill, thou shalt steal, thou shalt covet-- the Golden Rule nonexistent. Here, the weak were at the mercy of the strong-- the lame, sick, and feeble treated not with kindness but contempt. Here, nothing was less valuable than the life of a human being; a crust of bread, a pack of cigarettes, a needle and thread were worth more. Women with children and the elderly were the first to die, not the last. Here, people went to the hospital to be killed, not cured.”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
― The Trumpets of Jericho
“Menachem leaned to his right and spat. "There's that name again," he said, wiping his mouth with his sleeve. "Refresh my memory, will you, rabbi? Who the hell is this God you keep mentioning?"
Langfus responded as if to a legitimate question. "The one true God of our fathers. The God of Abraham and Moses."
"Oh.... Him," Menachem said. "Yes, I remember Him. He went away a while back, didn't He? For good it looks like, too. But He did leave a message, want to read it? It's written right here."
The boy pulled up his sleeve to reveal the five-digit tattoo.”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
Langfus responded as if to a legitimate question. "The one true God of our fathers. The God of Abraham and Moses."
"Oh.... Him," Menachem said. "Yes, I remember Him. He went away a while back, didn't He? For good it looks like, too. But He did leave a message, want to read it? It's written right here."
The boy pulled up his sleeve to reveal the five-digit tattoo.”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
“Death by malnutrition is one of the more agonizing there is. Essentially, it comes from the body feeding on itself, first its reserves of fat, then muscle and other tissue. In Q-Camp, Noah had begun to feel this very hunger, not that of a missed meal or even a few days of meals, but a silent and continuous scream from the body, a tortured cry every waking minute from every slowly dying cell, a demand that never ceased nor gave surcease from pain. It was the hunger that in its terrible, self-predatory alchemy transformed men into obscenities, into something not men.”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
― The Trumpets of Jericho
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“Despite the madness of war, we lived for a world that would be different. For a better world to come when all this is over. And perhaps even our being here is a step towards that world. Do you really think that, without the hope that such a world is possible, that the rights of man will be restored again, we could stand the concentration camp even for one day? It is that very hope that makes people go without a murmur to the gas chambers, keeps them from risking a revolt, paralyses them into numb inactivity. It is hope that breaks down family ties, makes mothers renounce their children, or wives sell their bodies for bread, or husbands kill. It is hope that compels man to hold on to one more day of life, because that day may be the day of liberation. Ah, and not even the hope for a different, better world, but simply for life, a life of peace and rest. Never before in the history of mankind has hope been stronger than man, but never also has it done so much harm as it has in the war, in this concentration camp. We were never taught how to give up hope, and this is why today we perish in gas chambers.”
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
“You know how much I used to like Plato. Today I realize he lied. For the things of this world are not a reflection of the ideal, but a product of human sweat, blood and hard labour. It is we who built the pyramids, hewed the marble for the temples and the rocks for the imperial roads, we who pulled the oars in the galleys and dragged wooden ploughs, while they wrote dialogues and dramas, rationalized their intrigues by appeals in the name of the Fatherland, made wars over boundaries and democracies. We were filthy and died real deaths. They were 'aesthetic' and carried on subtle debates.
There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth that passes over injustice in silence, nor moral virtue that condones it.”
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth that passes over injustice in silence, nor moral virtue that condones it.”
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
“Birkenau simmered in the July sun like some hideous brew, a witch's potion of blood, sweat, smoke, and excrement worthy of something the weird sisters might have cooked up in Macbeth.”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
― The Trumpets of Jericho
“Not that Baum had taken offense. Still, he had to wonder how many of his people had perished that day, or for that matter since he and Cyrankiewicz had sat down to talk. A dull, orange glow pulsed above the tree line to the north; the last of the Scharfuhrer's fire pits were dying out for the evening. Granted, a little unintended bigotry or even the occasional racial slur was something to be expected, and certainly no cause for high dudgeon. But to what extent, one had to ask, had such seemingly innocuous behavior led to the slaughter of children and the emergence of creatures such as Otto Moll?”
― The Trumpets of Jericho
― The Trumpets of Jericho
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I've always admired your commitment to Goodreads, and probably should have approached you sooner. As I intend to be more of a presence on the site myself, I feel I can learn much just by watching what you do. Thank you in advance for that, Magenta, and for accepting my friend request.And keep up the good(reads) work!
Hello, J! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your book! I hope you are well and enjoying Summer 2017 and the journey of whatever's next. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Feb 12, 2017 11:55AM · flag