The Fifth Diamond: The Story of Irene Weisberg Zisblatt

by Irene Weisberg Zisblatt

As a young girl in Hungary, Irene Weisberg Zisblatt was taken by the Nazis and became a prisoner in the dehumanizing Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She witnessed and experienced unspeakable cruelty, lost her entire family to the gas chambers, and became one of Josef Mengele's "guinea pigs". Somehow she survived, through her hope and faith and the strength drawn from her unshakeable bond with her best friend, Sabka. The Fifth The Story of Irene Weisberg Zisblatt is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. It took Irene fifty years to break free of the terror of her experience and speak about it for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, and in Stephen Spielberg's Oscar-winning documentary, "The Last Days." Now, in this new biography written with Gail Ann Webb, Irene continues her quest to educate children, in order to rid the world of prejudice, intolerance, and indifference.

Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Holocaust

167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Daniel Rosenberg · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fake memoirs.Debunked.Spielberg filed a lawsuit against the author for lying about her experience.

[Leila Martin · Rating 1 out of 5]

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Type in the search engine: Spielberg LAWSUIT Irene Weisberg Zisblatt. See what you get.She change her story.

[Claire Graves · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fake memoirs already exposed.

[Richard Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fake.Fake.Fake
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[N · Rating 1 out of 5]

If anyone is under any doubt that this book is full of lies and deceit, then I challenge anyone reading this to watch the youtube documentary in full called The Last Days Of The Big Lie.

[Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I met Irene at an award dinner for a Holocaust Reflection Contest, and I’m so grateful that I was able to speak with her. Now reading the book, I just can’t believe she came so close to death so many times. I’m heartbroken to see so many horrible comments questioning and diminishing her experience and sanity. Right before she began eating beside me, she told me, “What a blessing it is to eat. Cheers to the good days ahead,” and I think about that simple, yet heavy, statement often.

[Wendi Dusseault · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible true story of one woman's incredible survival of the Holocaust. Chana, now called Irene, was sent to Auschwitz with her entire family, all of whom perished there. Experimented on by the butcher, she somehow survived and went on to live in the US, marry and have children of her own. Written by Irene, she is determined to share what happened to her, in hopes that it never happen again. Sadly, it doesn't seem these lessons have been learned.
I had the unbelievable pleasure of hearing her speak for a few minutes during a Martha Kelly author event in South Florida. This courageous, amazing woman, and her story, will stay with me for a long time.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was honored to meet the author of this book at the celebration of my grandson’s first birthday. She was with her daughter, granddaughter, and great grandson, all family friends.

Irene shared her story with me during our visit. She is 97 and is a person of great courage and determination and is full of life. I don’t know how you could survive the horrors she went through, but Irene did not just survive she thrived. She chose to participate in the March of Life on several occasions sharing her story and the truth of the Holocaust so that the children and their children and all the children would learn, never forget, and never allow it to be repeated. Thank you, Irene.

[Upasna Jha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on the Holocaust.

[Lynn Southgate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a 'must read' book.

[Markus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book about surviving the Holocaust and specifically Auschwitz. I've read such books before, but the atrocities expressed here are so difficult to believe. That's the thing I cannot understand. How can you convince a large amount of people that this is somehow okay? How did Hitler explain away treating other humans as animals.

I thought the book would lose its story after she was rescued, but the author did a tremendous job keeping it interesting for "outsiders," and the process of her dealing with going back to visit was actually quite riveting.

The diamonds are a powerful symbol in this book and gives real strength to the story. It never mentions what the fifth diamond was though. Was Irene the diamond? Was Herman her fifth diamond?