What sets Bitton-Jackson's Holocaust memoir apart from the others is that it is simultaneously poetic and graphic. Also, the entire book is written in the first-person which gives it a startling immediacy.It has garnered hundreds of deservedly glowing reviews, both here and on Amazon, so I won't...
I initially began to read the Elli Friedmann series because my A.P. U.S. History teacher gave me books about the Holocaust as a gift. Being a book lover, I’ll read every book I can get my hands on. This series is all about the author’s experience before, during, and after the Holocaust. The first...
We are awakened by the awful clatter of sliding doors being thrown open and cold air rushing into the wagon. “ ’Raus! Alles ’raus!” Rough voices. A figure clad in a striped uniform. Standing in the open doorway, illuminated from behind by an eerie diffused light, the figure looks like a creature ...