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Remember!
Remember! is an autobiography which recounts Marcel Scharfstein's life experience in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Nazi concentration camps of Poland and Germany during World War II.
260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 6, 2013
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November 2, 2015
This is a rather incoherent, unstructured first person account of (among other things) the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek and Buchenwald. Very interesting to read, even if it was a bit frustrating with all the repetitions and total lack of editing.
December 29, 2023
Unbelieveable book of survivor from the holocaust.
First I'm not Jewish. I have read many books on various concentration camps, cruelty, depravation, and death marches on the Jews during WWII. This is by far the worst and most descriptive of their treatment. This is the first book that describes Magdanek. Read this terrifying story
First I'm not Jewish. I have read many books on various concentration camps, cruelty, depravation, and death marches on the Jews during WWII. This is by far the worst and most descriptive of their treatment. This is the first book that describes Magdanek. Read this terrifying story
March 25, 2015
A worthwhile first person account of the Holocaust
I have read some of the other reviews and I think that you have to consider this is an oral history. It is stream of consciousness.
As history does not compare to Klemperer's I shall bear witness or Primo Levi's works of the era. Unlike those however it is the narrative of a very ordinary person and as such it provides a different form of insight.
As a Jew I was left a bit uncomfortable with some of the Christian references. For example, he refers to his Calvary.
In the end, though, this is one more reminder we must never forget. This book helps us remember and serves its purpose in that respect .
I have read some of the other reviews and I think that you have to consider this is an oral history. It is stream of consciousness.
As history does not compare to Klemperer's I shall bear witness or Primo Levi's works of the era. Unlike those however it is the narrative of a very ordinary person and as such it provides a different form of insight.
As a Jew I was left a bit uncomfortable with some of the Christian references. For example, he refers to his Calvary.
In the end, though, this is one more reminder we must never forget. This book helps us remember and serves its purpose in that respect .
March 23, 2014
Shock, unbelievable.
I chose my rating based on the details used by the writer. it's shocking to think how human beings could be so monstrous. I would recommend as a must read, so that it c a n expose, what happened, and hopefully never to happen again
I chose my rating based on the details used by the writer. it's shocking to think how human beings could be so monstrous. I would recommend as a must read, so that it c a n expose, what happened, and hopefully never to happen again
January 18, 2015
Very Moving Account of the Holocaust
I was very taken with the account of this Polish Jew who recounted his experiences during the Holocaust without whining. The things that he saw and were done to him would surely have driven a less formidable man insane.
I was very taken with the account of this Polish Jew who recounted his experiences during the Holocaust without whining. The things that he saw and were done to him would surely have driven a less formidable man insane.
March 14, 2015
I wish I could
Give this man a hug. He opens his soul and offers the reader the bare harsh truth of what he experienced. Hard to read at times, yet felt honored by his truth. I can try to imagine....but know I am unable to come close to true understanding.
Give this man a hug. He opens his soul and offers the reader the bare harsh truth of what he experienced. Hard to read at times, yet felt honored by his truth. I can try to imagine....but know I am unable to come close to true understanding.
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