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“I had then two reasons to live: one, to work with the resistance movement and help as long as I could stand upon my feet; two, to dream and pray for the day to come when I could go free and tell the world, “This is what I saw with my own eyes. It must never be allowed to happen again!”
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
“In the feeble glimmer of that light, we spent a sleepless night, all thinking of the same thing, the death that was concealed across the threshold of the coming dawn. Although the wind blew in through the cracked windowpanes, we thought that we would suffocate. “Enemy” planes flew overhead. The eerie wail of sirens went through the camp. Finally, the pale day broke.”
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
“En alguna parte de la tierra, más allá de las alambradas de púas, los hombres libres se estrechaban la mano y levantaban sus vasos para desear a los demás un feliz Año Nuevo... Pero en Birkenau, las ratas estaban cebándose en la carne de los niños de Europa”
― Los Hornos De Hitler
― Los Hornos De Hitler
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“That was only the beginning of the Nazi “Production Schedule.” Three hundred and sixty corpses every half hour, which was all the time it took to reduce human flesh to ashes, made 720 per hour, or 17,280 corpses per twenty-four hour shift. And the ovens, with murderous efficiency, functioned day and night. However, one must also take into account the death pits, which could destroy another 8,000 cadavers a day. In round numbers, about 24,000 corpses were handled each day. An admirable production record—one that speaks well for German industry.”
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
Fernando’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fernando’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Biography, Crime, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, History, Horror, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, and Thriller
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