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Guns And Barbed Wire: A Child Survives the Holocaust

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This book will touch your heart and shock you at the same time! The young man survived to tell his story and an amazing story it is. I could not put this book down and was moved to tears at one point. The atrocites of the Holocaust have been well-documented and it is humbling to realize that most Germans thought of themselves as "modern, respectable" citizens while gassing, torturing, and executing Jews. A beautifully written, astonishing book!

The book is really good as Thomas Geve describes meticulously the struggle ofr survival of an inmate at three different concentration camps and during the death march. In addition, you get a sense of what the inmates talked about amongst themselves, what the Jewish inmates thought about the Ukranians, what the Ukranians thought about the Gypsies etc. The most moving part of the book is the description of the letters he received from his mother and his last meeting with his mother within the confines of Aushwitz.

Also telling was how the inmates experienced the liberation. In any case, a must read to know how hell looks like from the inside.

This book was a very moving holocaust story about a 13 year-old-boy survivng the holocaust. The images were so vivid and so detailed, this book was wonderful. I reccommend it to all.

This book was a very moving holocaust story about a 13 year-old-boy survivng the holocaust. The images were so vivid and so detailed, this book was wonderful. I reccommend it to all.