A gripping
read that should remind everyone that the right of every human being is to have
a life free of oppression and one of respect for others.
Beautifully
written from Jafa Wallach's notes and spoken to her daughter, Rena. The
pain and the horror the Jewish people went through will again be very evident
to the reader. This book was not about a concentration camp, but about
being in hiding. The Wallach family....five of them at one point....lived
and hid in a hole that they had dug themselves under a friend's home. A
hole that was so cramped they couldn't even stand up. A hole that they
shared with vermin and insects and one that was either too hot or too cold and
one with barely any air and a life filled with daily starvation and no water.
Enduring
those 22 months below ground was a horrible nightmare that was shared by many
more Jewish people than the five that lived there. I was counting the
seconds and the days until liberation as I was reading their story of the
terror of fearing for your life every day and the dread of living in that horrific
space.
The person who made their survival
possible was a wonderful person named Jozio. He lead a seemingly normal,
but stressful life during the day and helped the Wallach family by giving them
food and water at night whenever he could.
As difficult as their lives were, the human spirit is one thing that the Germans couldn't break or take from Jafa and her family. They survived with the knowledge that their little girl was safe and that they would be reunited with her after the war. These thoughts kept them going even though it was not easy.
As difficult as their lives were, the human spirit is one thing that the Germans couldn't break or take from Jafa and her family. They survived with the knowledge that their little girl was safe and that they would be reunited with her after the war. These thoughts kept them going even though it was not easy.
As the book ends, you will hear the
other side of the story from Rena and how she lived those 22 months without her
mother and father.
Being aware of the Holocaust
atrocities and the lives it changed forever should hopefully be more than
enough to have the human race strive to not let this happen again.
This wonderfully written book is a book about love, family, surviving,
heartbreak, and compassion. The publisher also included photos in the back of the
book. . 5/5
This book was given to me free of
charge by the publisher for an honest review. All opinions are mine.
This sounds . I have read a fair amount about the depravations endured by the victims of World War II yet a these stories never cease to disturb. It is amazing and troubling at what people are capable of inflicting on their fellow humans. Sadly, if one follows international affairs, not a lot has changed in human nature.
ReplyDeleteVery disturbing whenever I read these horrible affairs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this review. It seems a difficult subject, but you've made me interested in reading about it.
ReplyDeleteVery difficult subject. Brave woman to put it in print.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, docnad.