Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir
Source: I received an advanced copy from Netgalley. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I have never been able to read a book about Holocaust survivors without getting emotional. As an eighth grade English teacher we have a unit that touches on the Holocaust. When I taught ninth grade English we read Night and other stories about the Holocaust. I have over the years met only one survivor. The only part of her story that stuck with me was the death march she was taken on. To me this is more terrifying than the camps. You may wonder why. In this case the author’s father had the realization that they would soon be freed by the allies. How many of them lost all hope when they were removed from the camp and taken on these long death marches?
Source: I received an advanced copy from Netgalley. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I have never been able to read a book about Holocaust survivors without getting emotional. As an eighth grade English teacher we have a unit that touches on the Holocaust. When I taught ninth grade English we read Night and other stories about the Holocaust. I have over the years met only one survivor. The only part of her story that stuck with me was the death march she was taken on. To me this is more terrifying than the camps. You may wonder why. In this case the author’s father had the realization that they would soon be freed by the allies. How many of them lost all hope when they were removed from the camp and taken on these long death marches?
The author’s
father was like many survivors who talked about their imprisonment, treatment
and survival while leaving out so much. I have always wondered why they did
this. Were they trying to spare their family the pain that they still felt?
After learning
from a relative that a picture of his father at a death camp was up on a website, Jack sets off
on a journey to fill in the blanks of his father’s life. He eventually walked the same path his father
took. He wanted to understand his father’s experiences. It is my opinion that
you can walk the path your parent’s took and learn so much more than you originally knew. I also believe that unless
you were actually there that there is no way you can completely understand the
horrors. This is a non-fiction story
that I highly recommend. We need more voices to tell these stories as the survivors
are all beginning to die off. Who will be left to speak for all those who lost
their lives during these horrible year?
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