Trap with a Green Fence: Survival in Treblinka (Jewish Lives) [Paperback]

Richard Glazar (Author), Roslyn Theobald (Translator), Wolfgang Benz (Foreword)

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press; 1 edition (June 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810111691
• ISBN-13: 978-0810111691
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Witness in Claude Lanzmann's epic film, Shoah, July 18, 2002

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Leucippe (new york, ny USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trap with a Green Fence: Survival in Treblinka (Jewish Lives) (Paperback)

None of the previous reviewers seem to know that Richard Glazar, a young Czech, is one of the most effective eyewitnesses in Claude Lanzmann's epic masterpiece, 'Shoah.' He appears at numerous points during the parts of the film that deal with Treblinka. What comes across is his vitality, integrity, and self-awareness. He was one of the few to survive the Treblinka revolt in August 1943 in which several hundred prisoners finally managed to break out, although most did not finally survive. Glazar appears too in interviews with Gitta Sereny, 'Into that Darkness,' in her study of Franz Stangl, the commandant of Treblinka. Glazar's work is utterly authentic and a MUST READ.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Holocaust Deniers Beware!, January 10, 2000

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This review is from: Trap with a Green Fence: Survival in Treblinka (Jewish Lives) (Paperback)

Richard Galzar, a Jew from Prague, survived for 10 months as a clothes-sorter in Trebinka, until his escape in the breakout of August 1943. While not a professional writer, his clear, strongly written account is an excellent source for true students of Holocaust history. The above reviewer either has not read the book or clearly seeks to defame this author, as is typical with Holocaust Deniers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Direct and Powerful, June 28, 2008

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This review is from: Trap with a Green Fence: Survival in Treblinka (Jewish Lives) (Paperback)

Richard Glazar was one of the few people to have survived the Treblinka death camp. He was around 23 years old at the time. In his account of the 10 months or so that he was there, he does not dwell on things he did not have direct experience of, but describes what life was like for him and the people around him. He does not attempt to explain or analyze or give the big picture. This, for me, is what makes his story so powerful. Moreover, he does not overwhelm the reader with gruesome details, but at the same time manages to give the reader a strong understanding of the total inhumanity of the camp and its operations, and the casual and systematic brutality of the guards. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in a first hand account of this terrible time in world history. (For a very readable history of the Third Reich, I recommend Richard Evans' trilogy on the subject, beginning with "The Coming of the Third Reich".)