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Memoirs Of A Holocaust Survivor: Icek Kuperberg (2000)

by Icek Kuperberg(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Universal Publisher/UPUBLISH.COM

review 1: I bought this book months ago and kept it on my Kindle waiting for a time when I felt prepared to read it. I'm so glad I bought it. "Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor: Icek Kuperberg" is a tremendous addition to the historical record. It was uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time. Mr. Kuperberg is a survivor. Listening to him tell all he went through to make it through the war was extremely moving. To hear the words of a man who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald with not only his life but his spirit intact is something anyone who's a member of the human race can learn from. Seeing the way he used his talents, wits, and will to make it moved me.I've seen criticism in other reviews of the style. I must disagree strongly with that criticism. As the story progressed, I fou... morend myself hearing Mr. Kuperberg's voice talking to me. It was transcribed directly from tapes, and it's told the way he remembered it. Additional backstory or dialogue would make it seem contrived and fake. As it's written, it seemed authentic. It's told in his voice. Last night, I literally started hearing his voice in my head. That's when I knew it worked. I think it came across in a way that made the story very real. It's his story. The book was well edited and clear. It's just one man telling his story. It's a story that everyone should hear.I thank him and everyone else who helped put this together. I recommend this book to anyone.
review 2: Personal account of Icek Kuperberg's time through the Holocaust, and numerous concentration camps. Much of his focus was on food, and how to beg, borrow, or steal it. Obviously being a survivor of the Holocaust, food became his reason to live, and one of the reasons why he lived. Less focus on "in depth" friendships, (unless they involve "food connections"). Icek fascinatingly does not comment on the presence of a "Higher Being" or the feeling of being abandoned. I suppose if you're forced to attend "roll call" stark naked, one is more aware of the need of clean clothes, bedding and a blanket maybe, than prayer to keep you warm. Interesting first person account of time spent surviving. This was a .99c steal on the Kindle. Definitely worth it! less

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