By Bread Alone: The Story of A-4685 [Hardcover]

Mel Mermelstein (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 290 pages
• Publisher: Auschwitz Study Fndn; 2 edition (June 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960653406
• ISBN-13: 978-0960653409
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #976,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars by bread alone, January 18, 2009

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Sabrena (CA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: By Bread Alone: The Story of A-4685 (Hardcover)

i first read this book in high school 20 years ago and have never forgotten it, i purchased it last month and read it again (in 2 days) i want my teens to read it also, it is truely one of my best reads.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a compelling story of survival, May 25, 2007

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Gabriel E. Borlean (Odense, Denmark - birthtown of fairytale-writer H.C. Andersen) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: By bread alone: The story of A-4685 (Paperback)

I have read few autobiographies on the story of Holocaust survivors, but this read has to be one of the most moving and shocking story of survival in WWII Nazi work camps. I am well aware of the historical aspects of WWII and the Holocaust. Mel Mermelstein write well and in a very edgy and powerful way. The book feels almost like a documentary style book ... with copies of newspaper articles, pictures of oppressors and oppressed, and much more. This read is more than Mr. Mermelstein survival, but also a history lesson on how this Evil system of death started, and how even in the 80s Mr. Mermelstein continues to fight against history revisionists who deny the existance or impact of the Evil Holocaust. For me, the impression I left with after reading this, is that humans can not only be angels but also demons (consider, also the "jewish kapos" scum in the camps) ... and that this read was not only difficult emotionally but even depressing. If this book could be turned into a movie, in my eyes, that movie would rank with "Schindler's List."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Honest writing but rough around the edges., November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: By Bread Alone: The Story of A-4685 (Hardcover)

This book gives a good account of a holocaust survivor. It is obvious from reading it that the book is not written by a professional writer; this does not take away much from the content. The book gives a very good first person account; if you need something with a little more general info on the holocaust, try another source.