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Street of Lost Brothers

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This is a disturbing book that should not be read by pregnant women or anyone with a soft heart or weak stomach. The author explores the sick mentalities and daily realities behind the NAZI atrocities of WWII.

For intance, just paging through, I came across a scene where two men are driving a vanload of Jewish people, who are slowly being asphyxiated. The men chitchat and drive, occasionally daring to check the progress of their work through window behind them. They have to drive for a period of time so that the carbon monoxide fills the van slowly, so that the people go to sleep before they die. If the people are asphyxiated rapidly, they tend to die in grotesque poses that disturb the soldiers who must unload the van afterwards.

Grisly, isn't? Perhaps this sort of story should be forgotten, not retold and refreshed for another generation of readers. This book is upsetting and you should consider wisely before opening it.

Also, it helps to be acquainted with the German language. The seven stories contained in this volume are in English, but are peppered with German names and phrases throughout.