This is a book written by one of the survivors from Auschwitz (no 146021). he was freed on May 1'st 1945 after have been spending his teenage years in Auschwitz, where both his mom and little brother were killed by the nazis. A very frightening but touching story on what it was like to being held a prisoner in one of the largest concentration camps ever. After his many years in the camp he finds out that his father is still alive, living in Paris, where he goes to find him, only to find out that he is not the same person that he used to be. There are so many touching moments in this story and I think everybody should read it.
I have personally met this man as he held a lecture fro us back in high school and he is seriously one of the funniest and sweetest men I have ever met. So humble, thinking about what he's been through.
I asked him a question: "You're here now to tell us what have happened to you and the other 6 million jews, but what's gonna happen after you survivors pass away? Who's gonna be telling the truth then?"
He then smiled and said to me: "We're giving the truth to you young folks so that you can keep telling the next generation, and the next one, and the next one. The truth cannot die for as long as we keep telling the story to others."
A very kind, funny and wise man wrote this book, so I advice you all to read it, you won't regret taking part of his story.
En väldigt kraftfull berättelse. Att läsa ytterligare en bok skriven av en överlevare, speciellt från denna utökar bilden av att allas historia inte är samma även om det mer eller mindre resulterat i samma slut(koncentrationsläger). Som sagt en fin och kraftfull bok man definitivt borde läsa även om inte andra världskriget intresserar en.
Would I rate this book based on the writing itself it wouldn't get a very high score. It's not a very fun read and obviously it's not meant to be. This book telling the story of one of the survivors from the Nazi concentration camps is, among others I'm sure, a very inportaint book that should be icluded in compulsary school. After going through this rather short read you haven't learnt mant facts and numbers, but instead feel in your heart at least a fraction of the suffering many human individuals went through merely 70 years ago. It makes you think differently about a lot of today's oppressions. It's simply a must read.