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“In Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of the death camps present him with an intolerable question: how can the God he once so fervently believed in have allowed these monstrous events to occur?”
One of many incredible accounts of a horrific time in the world's history. I would like to pass along a couple of other titles, written by Holocaust survivors, that I've read for anyone who would like to read more of this type of book:
ReplyDeleteSentenced to Remember: My Legacy Of Life in Pre-1939 Poland and Sixty-Eight Months of Nazi Occupation by William Kornbluth; available at the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College (http://holocaustbcc.org) and The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender.
Thanks Jo. Whilst I found the book very emotional, I am glad I read it. The author did not sensationalise the writing which healps the reader to finish it. Tradgedies like this, and others, should never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI agree Elita! As Elie put it, "to forget the dead is to kill them again" and I believe this is to be true of any tragedy, whether it's in the World's past or happening right now.
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