How Dark the Heavens: 1400 Days in the Grip of Nazi Terror [Hardcover]

Sidney Iwens (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 291 pages
• Publisher: Shengold Pub; 2nd edition (November 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884001474
• ISBN-13: 978-0884001478
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,536,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Of what "stuff" are you made? Find out in this true tale., August 23, 1997

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Michael J. Goodavish ([e-mail]) (St Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Dark the Heavens: 1400 Days in the Grip of Nazi Terror (Hardcover)

Perhaps you, like I, at times wonder of what stuff you are made. In a truly horrible situation, would you do what it right at all cost? Would you have the inner fortitude to persistently march forward, to place your life at risk for the good of others? Often, and sadly, I suspect I would not; but, my ego hopes I would.

Lithuania might be an unfamiliar name to you. But, this true story invites you to join the author in his nightmarish run from the Nazis during World War II. You'll know what it is like to be suddenly wrenched from your home, country and family by the pursuit of others out to exterminate you, simply because you happen to be in the way.

In his flight, the author chooses paths of moral and physical courage, in order to preserve meaning for his life. Would I have joined him? Or would I have given up? What about you? Here's a chance to "test your stuff," at least in the safe pages of a good read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars how can a human being have to endure this?, December 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How Dark the Heavens: 1400 Days in the Grip of Nazi Terror (Hardcover)

the author writes in a "detached" style.I guess that is the only way he could recount these horrible experiences inposed upon him by subhumans. It is a superb diary.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An autobiography that reads like an adventurous novel!, December 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How Dark the Heavens: 1400 Days in the Grip of Nazi Terror (Hardcover)

How Dark the Heavens is a valuable resource of historical information on the Holocaust, and an authentic recollection by a survivor. It is unique, in that this book pulls the reader into the story as would a novel.