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Bezig met laden... Outcry: Holocaust Memoirsdoor Manny Steinberg
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A brutally honest survivor story In this memoir of the Holocaust, the author presents a very personal, detailed account of the horror and degradation experienced not only by himself and his family but also by European Jews during the six year period from the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939 until liberation in 1945. Heart-breaking throughout but with ultimately a sense of hope. Although it has been said many times that there must never be a repetition, unfortunately the lessons learned were not applied in respect of Cambodia, Yugoslavia or Rwanda to name but a few of the more recent conflicts. Although the narrative is very detailed, graphically so at times, for me the prose is very broken and would benefit from thorough proof-reading / editing to help it 'flow' easier, hence only the 3-star rating. The most detailed account of the Holocaust that I've ever read. Manny suffers the beatings, torture and starvation of concentration camps for six years, but survives through the love of his brother and father. He was witness to the senseless killings and acts of violence but lived to bear witness that the Holocaust was real and it did not break him.
HUMBLING AND UNFORGETTABLE This is an important book on an important subject for several reasons. It's written by an "ordinary" man from a Polish family - his father was a tailor - who as a boy was caught in the efforts of the Nazis to exterminate the Jews. This is important. Manny's style is clear and direct, but it's not professional. This is his story, told his way, and all the more moving for it. Manny's story is also triumphant. Despite the almost unimaginable brutality he endured for nearly six years, both in a Polish ghetto and later in various concentration camps, Manny emerges as a optimistic, determined man looking toward the future and a new life in a new country. It's a humbling experience to comment on such a book. Few of us have or will experience anything remotely similar to what he and his family endured for years. In this respect, even our lexicon is limited. Phrases such as "unimaginable brutality," "savagery," etc., etc., don't adequately convey the outrages visited upon millions of people in Europe during that period. But, this simple, well-told book does. In an age where genocide is the explicit goal of various political and religious groups, it's a timely reminder of what Barbara Tuchman unforgettably called the "banality of evil." Manny has done us a service by reminding us that we cannot forget it and we must stand with those threatened by it.
Biography & Autobiography.
Nonfiction.
HTML: Manny Steinberg spent his teens in Nazi camps in Germany and Poland, miraculously surviving while millions perished. This is his story. Born in 1925 in the Jewish ghetto in Radom (Poland), Manny Steinberg soon realized that people of Jewish faith were increasingly being regarded as outsiders. When the Nazis invaded in September 1939 the nightmare started. The city's Jewish population had no chance of escaping and was faced with starvation, torture, sexual abuse and ultimately deportation. Outcry is the candid account of a teenager who survived four Nazi camps: Dachau, Auschwitz, Vaihingen and Neckagerach. While being subjected to torture and degradation, he agonized over two haunting questions: "Why the Jews?" and "How can the world let this happen?" These questions remain hard to answer. Manny's brother Stanley had jumped off the cattle wagon on the way to the extermination camp where his mother and younger brother were to perish. Desperately lonely and hungry, Stanley stood outside the compound hoping to catch a glimpse of Manny and their father. Once he discovered that they were among the prisoners, he turned himself in. The days were marked by hunger, cold, hard labor, and fear. Knowing that other members of the family were in the same camp kept them alive. Since acknowledging each other would have meant death, they pretended to be complete strangers. The author relates how he was served human flesh and was forced to shave the heads of female corpses and pull out their teeth. Cherishing a picture of his beloved mother in his wooden shoe, he miraculously survived the terror of the German concentration camps together with his father and brother. When the Americans arrived in April 1945, Manny was little more than a living skeleton, with several broken ribs and suffering from a serious lung condition, wearing only a dirty, ragged blanket. This autobiography was written to fulfill a promise Manny Steinberg made to himself during his first days of freedom. By publishing these Holocaust memoirs, the author wants to ensure that the world never forgets what happened during WWII. The narrative is personal, unencumbered and direct. Outcry touches the reader with its directness and simplicity. The story is told through the eyes of an old man forcing himself to relive years of intense suffering. It is an account of human cruelty, but also a testimony to the power of love and hope. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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