Architecture of Survival Holocaust Diaries WW2 Memoirs Book 1 eBook Israel Stein
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A Jewish family survives the Holocaust hidden by a Polish family
In 1939, when the Second World War broke out, the Stein family escaped Poland. Paula, a polyglot architect, and Meir, a textile industrialist, fled with their only child, Israel, to Vilnius, Lithuania, and later to Bialystok, attempting to save themselves from certain death in the extermination camps.
In the midst of terror, there they found grace
In August 1943, the Bialystok Ghetto was emptied by the Nazis and all its occupants were sent to extermination. The Steins had managed to remain hidden in the Ghetto for five more weeks, before escaping to their new hideout—the home of a Polish family, backed by a German official, that gave them refuge. They remained hidden there for nearly a year, until the war ended, with the daily danger of being discovered and sent to death. They lived to see Bialystok liberated by the Russian Red Army, and eventually settled in the new state of Israel.
The events of the Holocaust as they were seen through the eyes of a real middle-class Polish Jewish family
Architecture of Survival brings forward the diaries Paula and Meir Stein wrote while in hideout during the Second World War, accompanied by the vivid visual memories of their son, Israel Stein, who witnessed the horrors as a child. It is a rare historical documentation, read in bated breath.
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Architecture of Survival Holocaust Diaries WW2 Memoirs Book 1 eBook Israel Stein
One thing you guys should know: these are not true diaries, in the sense that they're not written with dated entries, in real time, as events were happening. The books are the editor's father and mother's Holocaust memoirs, written at some indeterminate period after the events occurred. The memoirs are about the parents' Holocaust experiences in the Vilna, Bialystok and Warsaw Ghettos. The mother's memoir, which comes first, is much longer than the father's. The son was a small child during the war.I really liked these memoirs, and aside from a few typos, thought they were very well-written. However, the book could have really used some further annotation by the son. Mom's memoir describes her experience in the Vilna Ghetto with her husband and son, the husband's escape to Warsaw, her and her son's escape to Bialystok and their experiences there. It ends abruptly after a description of the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto. At the time, her husband was still in Warsaw, and his memoir describes the liquidation of the ghetto there. I'm not sure where their son was during this period; the mom had written about placing him in hiding but I'm not sure if he was with her, or in a hiding place being cared for by others.
I finished the book feeling frustrated because I had no idea where, how and when the family reunited and how they all survived the war. It would have been really nice if the son had written a postscript or something to the book that would have explained those details.
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Architecture of Survival Holocaust Diaries WW2 Memoirs Book 1 eBook Israel Stein Reviews
It was very depressing reading this book. That is the only reason this is not a five-star rating. For me it was a story that I knew nothing about. I knew about the concentration camps but not about life before them . Diary format is very personal and effective.
It was so interesting to read about these horrific events from three different perspectives. Hearing about them from the different family members was not redundant and provided different views of what the family went through. Not pleasant reading, certainly, but I learned a lot and would recommend this to anyone interested in that period of history.
This book is about a young boy (the author) and his experience during the holocaust and WWII. It is set up like a diary, the author describes journal entries his parents made during their time in hiding, along with his memories of the events. He describes what he and his parents went through to survive in the early days of the war, and their time in hiding until the war was over. He describes his memories in great detail, giving you a good visual of what he went through. The book is well written, easy to follow, and the author did a great job describing these events.
Unlimited but actually won it through librarything and he let me know free day so would be easier to load {cloud reader vs kindle for pc}, but would have gotten it at some point anyway, because as can see from my name, I have German heritage...and every time I see what they, as politicians etcetera, were capable of, it is beyond sad or regrettable, more in line with atrocious as in atrocities. To know, however, that there are those who survive, physically and mentally, to carry on, to carry the story forward, so that it is much more than just a story but a heartbeat of words is sometimes almost enough to make one forget what actions brought the spirit out was so despicable.
Stein begins his remembrances with stories from Warsaw, Vilius (Vilna) and Bialystok. He talked about beatings, narrow escapes from death, and the desperation he and others felt from deportations to death camps. The author also uses his parent’s diaries to show how their viewpoint differed from that of young child. His memories really illustrate how the Nazis controlled people and methodically decimated the Jewish population in Europe.
LibraryThing Member Giveaway randomly chose me to receive this book. Although encouraged, I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
I received this book in exchange for my honest review. This book was an in-depth account of what the Holocaust was like for each of the members of this family of three. While each account is similar to the others, each person places greater emphasis on different things. It is very interesting to me to read about their incredible lives and the ingenious, brave, daring and often desperate things they did to survive. The difficult choices they had to make should not be set before anyone.
For those of you that are interested in first-person Holocaust accounts this is one that should not be missed. It provides you with a three-for-one experience.
This book was difficult to read emotionally, and I cannot imagine the heartache that went through putting the author's personal experiences on paper for others to read. Absolutely life-changing, I will be reading it again, and recommending it to all my friends. As principal of a small international school in Japan, we will be putting a paper copy in our library for high school students to read. We cannot forget the history that mankind has lived through.
One thing you guys should know these are not true diaries, in the sense that they're not written with dated entries, in real time, as events were happening. The books are the editor's father and mother's Holocaust memoirs, written at some indeterminate period after the events occurred. The memoirs are about the parents' Holocaust experiences in the Vilna, Bialystok and Warsaw Ghettos. The mother's memoir, which comes first, is much longer than the father's. The son was a small child during the war.
I really liked these memoirs, and aside from a few typos, thought they were very well-written. However, the book could have really used some further annotation by the son. Mom's memoir describes her experience in the Vilna Ghetto with her husband and son, the husband's escape to Warsaw, her and her son's escape to Bialystok and their experiences there. It ends abruptly after a description of the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto. At the time, her husband was still in Warsaw, and his memoir describes the liquidation of the ghetto there. I'm not sure where their son was during this period; the mom had written about placing him in hiding but I'm not sure if he was with her, or in a hiding place being cared for by others.
I finished the book feeling frustrated because I had no idea where, how and when the family reunited and how they all survived the war. It would have been really nice if the son had written a postscript or something to the book that would have explained those details.
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