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I Survived Hell On Earth [Illustrated Edition]
Includes 204 photos, plans and maps illustrating The Holocaust
On the 8th of May 1940 Leon Niescior was arrested by the Gestapo at his home in occupied Poland. He had been guilty of small-time political agitation as a part of the Polish Underground movement; but the full weight of the Nazi secret police bore down on him for his helping a Jewish girl escape a death sentence. Beaten and tortured at Lublin prison, he was sentenced to serve his time at Auschwitz, a death sentence that somehow he survived. Filled with the details of the horrendous conditions of Auschwitz, the author relates his time spent under the brutal SS regime for political prisoners in this autobiography. Witness to the gas chambers, selections and casual barbarism of Auschwitz-Birkenau close by, that claimed so many lives, Nieiscor endured beatings that knocked out his teeth, starvation that left him a shell of himself, this is not for the faint-hearted.
On the 8th of May 1940 Leon Niescior was arrested by the Gestapo at his home in occupied Poland. He had been guilty of small-time political agitation as a part of the Polish Underground movement; but the full weight of the Nazi secret police bore down on him for his helping a Jewish girl escape a death sentence. Beaten and tortured at Lublin prison, he was sentenced to serve his time at Auschwitz, a death sentence that somehow he survived. Filled with the details of the horrendous conditions of Auschwitz, the author relates his time spent under the brutal SS regime for political prisoners in this autobiography. Witness to the gas chambers, selections and casual barbarism of Auschwitz-Birkenau close by, that claimed so many lives, Nieiscor endured beatings that knocked out his teeth, starvation that left him a shell of himself, this is not for the faint-hearted.
- GenresHolocaust
452 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 28, 2015
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April 13, 2021
Worth reading
I have read a lot of books on the holocaust, this the first one I've doubted my choice of book after reading the foreword. This book is not written in story form, but as if the author is speaking to the reader. Definitely worth reading, although shocking in parts, it gives a different perspective to the horrors that were inflicted upon human beings without feeling like you are just reading a story.
I have read a lot of books on the holocaust, this the first one I've doubted my choice of book after reading the foreword. This book is not written in story form, but as if the author is speaking to the reader. Definitely worth reading, although shocking in parts, it gives a different perspective to the horrors that were inflicted upon human beings without feeling like you are just reading a story.
September 13, 2024
Factual chronological telling of Leon Niesciors' hell on earth.
The stark brutally honest telling of the authors life of hell on earth. His interaction with fellow prisoners and the evil perpetuated to them by the vilest human followers of the Nazi regime. I hope the author found peace.
The stark brutally honest telling of the authors life of hell on earth. His interaction with fellow prisoners and the evil perpetuated to them by the vilest human followers of the Nazi regime. I hope the author found peace.
September 9, 2018
Amazing
I have read many many books about the holocaust but few portray the brutality like this one does. Human strength and endurance are mine blowing. Something that has crossed my mind when reading this is what the writer left out must just be beyond any human understanding.
I have read many many books about the holocaust but few portray the brutality like this one does. Human strength and endurance are mine blowing. Something that has crossed my mind when reading this is what the writer left out must just be beyond any human understanding.
October 16, 2018
Repartition
There’s no doubting thek unbelievable events of this part of history and the horrendous suffering of these who ended up in the concentration camps.
I did find a lot or repartition in this book and The later chapters somewhat confusing.
There’s no doubting thek unbelievable events of this part of history and the horrendous suffering of these who ended up in the concentration camps.
I did find a lot or repartition in this book and The later chapters somewhat confusing.
September 25, 2026
Never before seen pictures and information.
A must read it also has a different way of words than the order holocaust/ww2 books .
A must read it also has a different way of words than the order holocaust/ww2 books .
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February 19, 2019Very good.
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