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Ari Augustine (10 KP) rated American Stranger: A Novel in Books

May 4, 2020

American Stranger: A Novel

David Plante | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

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American Stranger was timeless and beautifully written. The main character, Nancy Green, is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and it followers her struggle to navigate in American life and to find her own identity. I loved the rich culture and backgrounds of those Green encounters and the internal conflict she tries to overcome. The plot was consistent and evenly paced, but I think I would have wanted more action or more active participation from Green, at least. As a main character, I loved her flaws and her sentimentality. I loved the psychology behind it all, but felt life was happening to her - as if she were a leaf to the wind.

That aside, however, I really liked this book and would definitely recommend it.

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Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine

Omer Bartov

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In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine,...

Human Rights After Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes

Dan Plesch and Benjamin B. Ferencz

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Human Rights after Hitler reveals thousands of forgotten US and Allied war crimes prosecutions...

Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Books

Jul 11, 2018

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris | 2018 | Biography, History & Politics, Religion

8.7

(74 Ratings)

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We remember...

The Holocaust.

Those words bring into mind images of destruction, devastation and death. Broken families, broken homes and broken lives; the terror inflicted by Hitler and his minions were cold and unthinking. The prisoners in those camps were treated not like humans, not even like animals but as 'mistakes' or 'messes' that could be cleaned up without a second thought.

In his mind, Hitler thought he was right. He or his followers did not express any guilt or remorse at taking so many lives and for me, that is far worse. To the Nazis, they were correct and were fulfilling their duty. It is scary what can be accomplished when people believe so strongly in a certain ideal.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2018/07/we-remember.html