This is not the sort of book I would normally read for so many reasons.
It's not that through declining to read books like this I can happily block out the events, I live with a man who's war history knowledge is incredible so I'm exposed to many aspects and facts of such stories, but it feels like it pulls me down into darkness - it saddens me that they're true stories and to know what a human being can do to another human being.
A friend recommended this book to me. She's recently returned from a study trip to Europe and spent some time immersed in the Auschwitz story which she found harrowing, disturbing and dark but at the same time inspirational and uplifting in some ways due to the human sprit and endurance. She found this book which spoke of bravery, sacrifice, endurance and survival amongst the other dark aspects.
I wasn't sure about it however agreed more out of a sense of obligation to her as anything else because she was so passionate about it and deeply moved.
I've only just begun the book as it took me a while to find and I'm approaching it with caution but I'm interested at the same time; to think people who could visit such torment and sorrow upon others also cherished the beauty of music only to then wreak such havoc upon others once again, dehumanizing them in such terrible ways - it's unbelievable...but of course, it happened. I think we should all know more about it, understand it better, in the hope we never let such things happen again.
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Becca 💗