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.The Complete Maus
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by: Art Spiegelman

October 02, 2003
I had known of this book for about a year when i finally decided to buy it. I was put off by the slightly dodgy artwork and the very serious nature of the plot which to me is not what comics are about. Anyway,I wanted to read it so i could come on hear and rant about how it is an over-rated waste of time but I cant. The art isnt perfect i agree but it has its charms and as you read the story you really do get into the simplistic nature of it,it works for this,it doesnt distract from the story which over stylised art would. The story is VERY well written and everything i read totally shocked and moved me.
The jist of my review is - if you are put off by the art but you liked schindlers list or have a fascination with hearing about the holocaust ... Read More:
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.Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chamber
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by: Filip Muller

August 24, 1999
Truly the worst holocaust testimony ever written.So many mistakes throughout the whole text.Two examples of which were when Mr Muller mentions the camp orchestra in Birkenau,there was none.He also quotes that Kramer was in Birkenau and had came from Auschwitz 2.Both are one and the same place But important errors like these were repeated in every chapter and the worry for me is that Holocaust deniers may pick up on these simple blunders.Mr Mullers over use of adjectives and repetition of statements at times resulted in the book bordering on being boring.It read more like a students written essay who wasnt fully informed ,rather than an actual Holocaust survivors memoirs.Ive read many more imformative Holocaust testimonies and even Mr Muller must have been disappointed ... Read More:
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.Alicia: My Story
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by: Alicia Appleman-Jurman

1990-01
I received this book only a day or so after ordering it here on Amazon, and began it that very evening.....
I have found it hard to put down, and thoroughly recommend it, I shall finish it by tomorrow, and then my daughter is going to read it. She is learning all about Hitler and world war2 for G.C.S.E's, but not enough is taught regarding the Jews and what happened. This book should be read by all children, to help them realise how lucky they are not to have to experience such horror, and to feel and empathise for what really happened, and to stop it ever happening again. This is an amazing, inspirational and terribly moving insight into a young Jewish girls experience of living through World war 2 in Poland. I cried, and also am filled with admiration for such lovely ... Read More:
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.Hitler, The Germans, and the Final Solution
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by: Ian Kershaw

June 27, 2008
I received this book only a day or so after ordering it here on Amazon, and began it that very evening.....
I have found it hard to put down, and thoroughly recommend it, I shall finish it by tomorrow, and then my daughter is going to read it. She is learning all about Hitler and world war2 for G.C.S.E's, but not enough is taught regarding the Jews and what happened. This book should be read by all children, to help them realise how lucky they are not to have to experience such horror, and to feel and empathise for what really happened, and to stop it ever happening again. This is an amazing, inspirational and terribly moving insight into a young Jewish girls experience of living through World war 2 in Poland. I cried, and also am filled with admiration for such lovely ... Read More:
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.Auschwitz : The Nazis & The 'Final Solution'
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by: Laurence Rees

September 01, 2005
I bought the book in one of the small bookshops at Auschwitz I, the main camp. I had just walked through the camp looking at the 2 tons of hair on display and all the other belongings of people that has suffered in the camp. The sight is sickening, but it wasn't the big shock that I had expected. I thought: "Maybe I know too much about the place before coming here".

The horror came with this book. All the personal stories combined with the hard facts of the book makes an interesting and disturbing read.

I have always thought that the people working in the Nazi camps were some kind of monsters or people that have been terrorized physically or mentally to become some kind of inhuman zombies. It turns out that most of them were quite ordinary people. This was ... Read More:
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.Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
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by: Christopher R. Browning

June 28, 2001
Amongst historians this book has quickly reached the status of a classic. But it deserves to have a much broader readership as the subject it tackles - that of how 'ordinary men' can end up doing morally repugnant deeds - has implications that go far beyond its historical context. There is a human tendency to categorise and blame groups of people because it is easier than facing the possibility that anyone is capable of horror. An example would be the claim that 'religion causes wars' - it places the burden on an external agency, on the 'other' rather than the fact that anyone can commit an atrocity.

This is what Browning's book illustrates beautifully; the gradual steps these ordinary men take on the path to atrocity. Browning refers to a number of psychological studies as well as ... Read More:
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.The Children of Belsen
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by: Hetty Verolme

January 15, 2007
I've read a lot of Holocaust books that describe the terror and atrocities of the concentration camps,but I found this book very unusual in that despite Hetty being at the same time and place as the other victims,one turn of fate after another leads to her narrowly escaping all the worst horrors of WWII and surviving relatively unscathed right on the edge of it all.
Hetty's wonderful strong caring character shines through in this book making this a less bleak read than most other Holocaust autobiographies,but still as poignant.
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.Schindler's List
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by: Thomas Keneally

February 17, 1994
Best holocaust book I have read to date. Very well written and informative. Book does differ from the film with obvious detail that you would expect. Read the Pianist after this but did not come close to this one.

Buy it!! Read it!! Remember!!



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.The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
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by: Norman G. Finkelstein

September 26, 2003
The zionists have been using dubious claims about the events of World War 2 to justify their own holocaust against the unfortunate Palestinians. These disgusting people have to be removed from the middle east and speaking out in word, action and deed is the way we are going to achieve this.
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.The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
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by: Robert Jay Lifton

March 22, 1988
This is a very carefully researched book which deserves to be read. It not only covers the involvement by doctors in medical killing but also investigates their psychology. For those interested in medical ethics I'm sure it would be worth reading.

The first half of this book charts the historical progression from direct medical killing of those deemed to be 'life unworthy of life' (often mental patients) through to the most complete expression found in Auschwitz. We see how the medical ideal can be twisted by subverting it to the 'higher' ideal of caring for the health of the social organism by surgically removing the 'ailing' parts.

We are presented with the complex factors involved in this process. The religious, visionary component of the 'world blessing' which the Nazi's have to offer ... Read More:
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