Elizabeth Rosner's Blog - Posts Tagged "buchenwald"

Motherland by Maria Hummel

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a stunningly important book, highly recommended for anyone who is willing to consider the infinite complexities of World War II. As a daughter of a survivor of Buchenwald, I was expecting to feel disturbed and challenged by this novel --- but I want to say that Maria Hummel deserves vast credit for her thoroughly-researched and profoundly compassionate view of the "side-lined" players in a horrible drama. It's beautifully written and deeply humane.



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