Auschwitz: Voices from the Death Camp

The Holocaust Through Primary Sources

by James M. Deem

"Yet, my little Diary, I don't want to die, I still want to live . . . " va Heyman, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, wrote these words in her last diary entry in the spring of 1944. Soon after, she was deported and murdered at Auschwitz. During the Holocaust, the Nazis murdered more than one million people at Auschwitz. The largest of all the Nazi camps, Auschwitz was both a death camp and a forced labor camp. Author James M. Deem examines this place of unspeakable horror from the perspective of those who experienced it, from the construction of the camp to its final days.

Genres: Holocaust

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2011

Reviews

[KatGHS2020]

This book was very intriguing and helped me understand more about the experiences of the POW's and the cruel, harsh conditions they worked in. The book also explains how the prisoners lived, where they lived, and what they did in terms of work, and everyday life. We are told in vivid detail, the accounts of what the prisoners experienced, and what they witnessed during their time there. The inhumane actions that were bestowed upon them and their peers tugs at your heartstrings. They sadly tell their stories of how they lost their families to Nazi perpetrators. I definitely recommend this book to people who have an eye for history and are fascinated by first hand accounts of historical events.

[Kate L]

This was a very good read to understand the events of a tragic time. It gave a lot of facts and a very good time line of Auschwitz. It gave several different perspectives and accounts from different people. I will be visiting soon and wanted to know more about Auschwitz but didn’t want too much information on this horrible place. I think it was well done in an understandable way but still getting the main experience through. Such a horrific time and so very sad.

[Readasaurus Rex]

Good book

This book has short stories about people involved in the holocaust. It was very good to read. How anyone can deny that this event happened in history is beyond me.

[William Freeman]

A brief introductory history to Auschwitz. Very chilling stories from people who survived and one young girls diary (not Anne Frank) who did not survive.

[Alana]

Excellent primary source account of Auschwitz. Doesn't just show the prisoner side.

[SueAnn Porter]

The chapters of this book each tell a story of a different person's experience at Auschwitz. The horrors that occurred there are hard to wrap your brain around; so much heartache.

[BrandonGHS2020]

from the amount i've read so far, this book is very powerful and shows how evil people can be and how tough people are that want to survive.