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The Broken Mirror

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I suggest this book to anyone of any age. A quick read, but you'll want to read it again and again! The story is about Moische, a young Jewish boy who lives during the Holocaust. He doesn't understand why he's being punished for being Jewish, and decides he just won't be a Jew anymore. This book is in 2 parts, one told by Moische and one by Danny -- who is not Jewish but holds the memories of Moische and the horrors of the Holocaust. It sounds better than this review, I promise!

A novella written by the actor, Kirk Douglas. It is the story of a young German-Jewish boy during WWII. The story is told through the young man's eyes, as he tries to figure out who the Nazis are, his family's hiding, their concentration camp days, and his life afterwards. The book is told in two parts, after young Moishe decides he wants to hide his Jewish identity, he assumes the name Danny, and calls himself a gypsy. A sweet story about returning to love. The story is simple, and seems to be geared towards children/young teens, but adult readers will be able to enjoy the book just as much.

This book is excellent for children just learning about the holocaust, easy reading for adults. Gives a basic insight into one persons feelings of hopelessness and loss of his whole family and how he finds his roots once again. Well written.

This is a book meant for younger readers, but is a good read for any age group, and a good starter book about the Holocaust.

Moishe is the only survivor after his family is taken away to the death camps. He is taken to a Catholic orphanage, where he denies he's Jewish, and calls himself Danny in an effort to forget the past. He runs away from the orphanage after his best friend is adopted. He is taken in by a rabbi and his family after Moishe hears a familiar song coming from a synagogue, and goes to investigate--bringing him full circle.

This book by Kirk Douglas is perhaps one the best and shortest books I have read. It is very accuarte and extremely emotional. It is a book that you will cherish and read over and over many times.

Moishe is a Jew and has to move to a farm with his family.The only one who knows is a friend who works on the farm. One day the Natzis come and take Moishe,Mother,Father,and Rachel,his sister to a concentration camp. His sister,mother,and father die there.When he gets out and goes to the orphanage he says his name is Danny and he says he's not a Jew. When his friend gets adopted Moishe runs away,finally he finds a synagog and goes in it and the Rabbi asks why are you here and then Danny cries and shows his tatto from the concentration camps. The Rabbi adopts him and they live happily ever after.Ireally like this book because it is very heart warming and all the tragities he has to thrive.

I just finished reading this book to my children, ages 10 & 12 over the past two nights. The children were rivetted to every word. Part one led to a moving family discussion about the Holocaust and why people hate. Part two brought about a flood of emotions literally bringing us to tears. Reading aloud this book was a wonderful and moving family experience. I am planning on purchasing additional copies of this book to give as gifts.

The Broken Mirror is a very sad book. It's about a boy, Moishe, who loses everything including his older sister, Rachel, whom he loves more than anything. She always told him a story about Satan's mirror.

In the beginning of the book him and his family are force to move to his fathers farm where a man, who later becomes engaged to Rachel, named David showed up and told Moishe's family that Nazis were close and looking for Jews. David was a student of Moishe's father. The family would have gotten away and lived happily if the well-paid help around the farm hadn't told the Nazis about them. So the family and David were shipped to a concentration camp where all were killed but Moishe. He is rescued by a kind African American. Moishe tells the man his name is David, and a German.

"David" is then sent to an orphanage where he befriends a boy named Roy. Roy gets adopted. David is crushed. He can't even tell anyone he's Jewish because he decided he didn't want to be a Jew. So he runs away. He runs until he can't run anymore. He goes into a Church where he breaks down and tells a Rabbi his horrid story. Then he is adopted by this man and he lives happily.

This is a well written tale of a boy Moishe trying to hide his roots by pertending to be a gypsy named Danny when Americans liberate his camp. Aided by the soldiers Moishe/Danny gets to america where he is placed in a Catholic orphanage. When tragedy strikes he runs away, he runs right back to his roots and finds love.

This deeply moving, inspirational story is that of a young Jewish boy who faces the horrors of the Holocaust, his family's death, and the ice which forms upon his heart. After the Holocaust, Moishe, the sole survivor of his family, decides his life is over. In a desperate move to forget his painful past, he tells an American soldier that he is a Gypsy named Danny. He is sent to an orphanage where he becomes best friends with an even younger boy named Roy. He finds it hard to not think of his family. When Roy is adopted, "Danny" is devastated. He runs away from the orphanage - and from his past. It is only when a Rabbi finds and adopts him that he finds peace, is reunited with Roy, and discovers the light of the Sabbath can melt his icy heart and restore him to the love of family he had so long tried to forget.