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The Liberators: America's Witnesses To The Holocaust (2010)

by Michael Hirsh(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0553807560 (ISBN13: 9780553807561)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bantam

review 1: Well, i guess as far as WW2 books I've read go, this might be considered one of the happier ones. Maybe, kinda. It's all interviews with soldiers who were at the liberation (or soon after) of the concentration camps. To put it simply i think it's what you'd expect. Lately I've been looking for some stuff on the "payback" from the prisoners to the guards and got a few good stories on that subject. Also after reading book after book about how little support a lot of the prisoners got even after liberation it's good to read about people who supported them and who felt the rage that must've been felt seeing humans treat others this way. And the actions that the liberating soldiers also took on the Nazi gaurds. As I say in most of my reviews, a great and emotional ... moreread!
review 2: I have read a lot of Holocaust books and while this one wasn't my favorite it gave me a new perspective. I have always focused on those who were imprisoned in those awful places but the Liberators allowed to me view the death camps through the eyes of the men and women who were at ground zero helping those prisoners to survive their liberation. I never thought of the shock it was to the liberating armies to learn and see the result of so much hatred being allowed to run free. I highly recommend this book. less

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