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Jenn C (340 KP) rated Anne Frank and Me in Books

Aug 29, 2018  
Anne Frank and Me
Anne Frank and Me
Cherie Bennett, Jeff Gottesfeld | 2002 | Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
So good
At first I thought this book was just going to be ok. Nicole, the main character is so shallow and self absorbed. But then the story gets going and it just blew me away. This book shows not just the violence of the holocaust but the way they stripped so much of a persons humanity from them. It shook me as few other books have.
  
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Zackary Drucker recommended Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust in Books (curated)

 
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust
Viktor E. Frankl | 2004 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
8.2 (5 Ratings)
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"Viktor Frankl was a disciple of Freud. He was a psychoanalyst who, after surviving a death camp in the Holocaust, wrote this deeply spiritual book that is simultaneously psychoanalytic and autobiographical. This is a book about the power of the mind creating a reason to live in order to survive a dire situation. There is no more powerful a story than one about survival."

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Stuart Cooper recommended Night and Fog in Japan (1960) in Movies (curated)

 
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
1960 | Drama
(0 Ratings)
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". . . which I first viewed at the Imperial War Museum while ensconced in the film archive researching for Overlord. It had a huge effect on me at the time, and I still regard it as one of the most profound films about the holocaust. Particularly in light of the fact that it was made so soon after World War II and was hauntingly structured by Resnais as a documentary."

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust in Books

Sep 15, 2017  
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust
Viktor E. Frankl | 2004 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
9
8.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Harrowing and important
I wish I concentrated on this more. There are some very important and valid points Viktor Frankl makes, especially given the author is also a psychiatrist and a survivor of the Holocaust. It is extremely traumatic and harrowing hearing his experiences in several concentration camps, and how he changed his attitude in order to stay alive.

Frankl concludes that man's search for purpose and meaning in life gives his ability to survive.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated Denial: Holocaust History on Trial in Books

Sep 16, 2017  
Denial: Holocaust History on Trial
Denial: Holocaust History on Trial
Deborah E. Lipstadt | 2005 | Biography
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book was so readable and completely interesting. Of course, I saw the movie first, and as is the case with most, I prefer the book now. I'm not particularly well versed in the Holocaust, so I was glad with the amount of history she included, as this was, history on trial. I was glad I ended up reading the book. IMO the Plaintiff is completely revolting and makes my skin crawl.