Testament to Courage

by Cecelia Rexin, Mark Shaw, Nancy Rexin Evans (Translator)

Cecelia's diary is a lasting reminder of why the struggle must continue to insure that the dark days of Nazi-like oppression will never happen again.

Genres: Holocaust

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Cecelia Rexin was a name dropper and gave a face to many who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

[Sandy Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cecelia Rexin's attitude enabled her to take risks and also to keep quiet at times. It enabled her to hold on through horrific abuse and sickening conditions. I kept hoping the war would end sooner than it actually did. An observation at the end of the book especially got me. She quoted a survivor of one of the prison camps who later emigrated to the USA. He was shocked to see that prejudice exists here after all that the Americans did to liberate them from the Nazi fascism. It emphasized to me that the sinful human heart is so readily capable of placing itself above others...and we all could become as cruel and abusive as those who took Cecelia and her comrades to the edge of their existence, if not successfully forcing them beyond. It has happened everywhere around the world and is not limited to any particular ethnic, racial, or cultural group. Only Jesus Christ can transform us into people who love instead of hate. Not by becoming part of a religious movement that finds its own form of hatred and persecution, but by individually learning His true character of self-sacrificing love.