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James M. Deem I am currently finishing THE PRISONERS OF BREENDONK, the first English language book about a little-known Belgium concentration camp and its prisoners…moreI am currently finishing THE PRISONERS OF BREENDONK, the first English language book about a little-known Belgium concentration camp and its prisoners. Although relatively few prisoners were incarcerated there over the course of World War II—never more than 660, and that number for only a very brief time—its very smallness, "which made it possible for each prisoner to be 'dealt with' individually," turned it into a camp of terror. One man who survived Breendonk wrote that although the camp "had no gas chambers, no incinerators . . . Breendonk was no less notorious, no less a black hell of the most barbarous terror." Another claimed that he "would prefer to spend nineteen months at Buchenwald than nineteen days at Breendonk." A historian describing the concentration camp of Auschwitz I before the nearby extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was built wrote that the camp "was widely known as a site of imprisonment, extreme brutality, starvation, illness, and high mortality rates, including killings by various forms of torture, shooting, and hanging." The same description could be applied to Breendonk, only on a smaller scale. The book will be published in April 2015 and will feature over 225 photographs, many of the prisoners and their families. It is the most challenging and moving book I have ever researched.(less)

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	The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp 3.99 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii 4.15 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past – A Sibert Honor Book About Ötzi and Copper Age Archaeology for Children (Ages 8-12) 3.83 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	3 NBs of Julian Drew: A Poignant Young Adult Story of Survival and Secret Code 4.01 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America 3.91 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies from the Bog: The Astonishing Story of Grauballe Man and Ancient Preserved Men in European Peat for Kids (Ages 10-12) 4.07 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Real Ghost Book of Christina Rose 3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auschwitz: Voices from the Death Camp really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Find a Ghost 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kristallnacht: The Nazi Terror That Began the Holocaust 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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