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Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust

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This book was wonderful. By the time I finished reading it, I was crying. The story of the holocaust is well expressed in the pages of this book. I felt that when I was reading it I was actually in a concentration camp witnessing the events. I never knew that all that happened to Jews. They were baked in ovens, put in gas chambers, shot on spot, or attacked by dogs. They had to endure long periods of time without health care or food. This book had pictures, maps and great writing. I think that this book is great but I don't reccomend it for children under 12 because of pictures, and describtions on treatment of Jews. Great job Baraba!

If you are really into learning more about the holocaust then you need to read Smoke and Ashes by Barbara Rogasky. This book is an emotional book. It goes into detail on what the SS soilders did to the jewish people , and to the gypsies, homosexuals, the elderly ,and the mentaly ill. The Nazis would put them in gas chambers. They used zyclon B. They would burn them in ovens. If you really want to know more then I highly reccomend this book

Barbara Rogasky writes wounderfully. Though Smoke and Ashes is written for juvenilles, it is good enough for an adult to read. It captures the horror of the holocaust, and emphisizes "Never Again."

This book is a must have for anyone interested in the Holocaust. I teach a unit on this topic to eighth graders and we use this book as a text. The chapters are short, reader-friendly, and yet very complete. I have yet to find another non-fiction Holocaust book as comprehensive as this.

Though im not jewish and am a christian i was interested in the holocaust so i bought this book through my school. While readin this book i cried at how much the jews and mentally ill and gypsies had to suffer just because they were jew mentally ill etc. Obviously this book isn't a happy one it tells of the holocaust and answers parctically all of your answers. This book is a good book and though like i said its a historic one that tells how cruel the world was this is a good book for people studying about the holocaust or part of what happened in europe during world war II.

This book made me realize that every person is a target for racism, genocide, and prejudice. The Holocaust did exist and important facts are proven to put revisionists at rest. I love this book! I will use it in my future classrooms to educate others of racism and genocide. The author has explained why history repeats itself and why evil can control our lives. Every one must read this book. Even though education does not open every person eyes, this book will have some emotional effect on them. My heart aches for every life that has parished through every gruesome experience and hardship (starvation, torture, disease, persecution, etc.). May we all live in peace and be able to rid discrimination for every person, group, minority..... This is the message I get after reading this brillant book!

I'm not really sure what audience this book was intended for. It seems to be addressed to someone without much familiarity with the Holocaust, but are there still people out there that don't know (at least at some level) the scope of this inhumanity? I might have thought that it was aimed for younger readers, but that still doesn't feel right somehow. Whoever the intended audience, this book does provide a fairly comprehensive overview of the causes and events of the Holocaust, and even people who have read extensively about this horror may find new facts to fill in gaps in their knowledge and understanding. It is nearly impossible to completely grasp the true scope of the Nazi inhumanity, but this book does an admirable job of trying to cover it.

I liked this book because it has good detals.It ezplains what people had to go through during the Holocaust.I recomed this book because it is a good way to learn about the Holocaust.The strong point was when the war was over.The weak point was when the naizs killed alot of people.