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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A factual and Moving account of the Holocaust.,
By A Customer
This review is from: For Those I Loved (Hardcover)
It was with great dismay that I read some of the comments questioning Martin Gray's life and history. They are obviously written by Holocaust deniers and individuals who will not accept the fact of the brutality and rabid hatred of many Eastern European's in assisting the Germans. Several years ago I read the book and had the honor to make the acquaintence of Martin Gray. I have been to his home several times to interview him. As a historian of the holocaust I fully researched his account and have talked at length with Martin about his many experiences. Not only are ALL his facts accurate but his personal ans unambiqious rendition can only lead one to the unmistakenable conclusion that he did personally suffer through those terrible times. His book is touching and horrifying and permits the readers to comprehend the vile and vicious treamtent of the Jews by the Poles, Ukraiains and Germans alike. These historical facts are well known.As for Martin's involvemnt in the "KGB", he was never in the KGB as there was no KGB in WWII. It was called the NKVD. His work for them involved finding Nazis in hiding and collaborators in Eastern Europe. He left to America because he realized the NKVD would soon turn into a State supported police orgainzation. Martin is a decent and honest man who suffered horribly.. He lost his entire family in Treblinka and had the courage to tell the world about it. His book should be read by anyone interested in this topic and anyone who wants to learn how one can build a new life despite experiencing such horror. The "reviewers" who discount the book base their opinion on incorrect information and unsupported allegations. Readers should make the effort to find and this book.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Unbelievable Life Story,
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This review is from: For Those I Loved (Hardcover)
I read this book because someone close to me had revealed a tragedy they suffered in their lives, and I wanted some way to understand how a human being copes with such things. Needless to say, I got much more than I bargained for.This story is about Martin Gray and the utterly incredible life he lived and endured. He escapes from the clutches of death so many times that you lose count, his will to survive and the cleverness he employs to that end is amazing, and the schemes he conjures to bring food into the ghetto or escape from the death camps or to make his fortune are phenomenal. With a life story like his, it'd almost be hard to write a non-engaging book. For myself, I read about 350 pages in around 3 days; it was just that riveting. But the writing style is powerful, too. Most of the book is written in the first-person and interspersed with dialogue; it's basically a window into Martin's inner thoughts. Most people know the horrors of the Holocaust but actually reading a first-hand account of them, and the subsequent thought process Martin had to try to make sense of it all was so powerful. Why read this book? I'll be honest, a large part of me wasn't enthused about absorbing the lowest depths of humanity through a Holocaust memoir. But the curiosity of how this man lived to write this memoir in the first place and how he dealt with it all propelled me forward. Martin writes so viscerally that I feel I've come away with a deeper understanding of the range of the human experience, how our emotions respond to the world around us, and how one man lives his life. Strange as it may sound, being Jewish myself, I feel like I have a piece of Martin inside of me now. Sadly, all he had at the end of this book was a story to tell and a cause to pursue; nearly everything else in his life had been taken from him. It makes me feel good that I have aided his quest, read his story, suffered with him, and can now tell others about the life he endured.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For Those I Loved,
By A Customer
This review is from: For Those I Loved (Hardcover)
I have read this book several times; it is one of the most powerful accounts of a Holocaust experience that I have ever read. I find that after years (I first read it about 17 years ago) this story has stayed with me. I was always curious to know what happened to Martin Gray and I looked up Max Gallo (who collaborated with Gray in writing the book) on the Internet and was happy to find out that Martin Gray is alive and well (as of this writing) and living in Brussels, and has 4 children. He has written over 10 books in French since having written For Those I Loved.
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