The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir

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Summary: Heartbreaker and history maker
Review: An incredible, heartbreaking and courageous story of the struggle to survive the Nazi reign of terror. I couldn't put the book down as I read of the authors early years, suffering in 10 concentration camps and ultimate liberation by American soldiers! A must read for history buffs and anyone interested in the power of the human spirit to survive tragedy. The characters in the book will continue to live on in my memories.

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Summary: The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir
Review: as a jewish american i have always found it vital that the unthinkable atrocities perpetrated on my people by the germans never be forgiven or forgotten. george salton in his chilling and tear jerking account of the living hell that he was forced to call his teenage life has chronicled this darkest day in the history of humanity to a tee. while reading this book i felt like i was in europe along with george and the rest of the enslaved and tortured jews. this book not only gives you a personal account of history but it allows you to experience these events as well as any book can. this book should be read by and recommended to anyone who wants the tragic history of world war 2 jewry chiseled in their souls.

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Summary: an endearing, emotional and inspiring story
Review: I really was touched by this book, it's the story of a boy who life is ripped apart, who faces tribulations that most of us can never imagine and who emerges as a testiment to our ability to survive and succeed. It was spellbinding, calling for constant attention in my waking hours and invading my dreams at night. The writing invokes intimations of our childhood -- the things we hold close, the family we take for granted all takes on a new significant meaning. The authors idyllic childhood life is displaced with feelings of helplessness, frustration and despair. The inability to change the course of the his life, and the profound sense of loss he feels is one we can all relate to, a kind of existentialist nightmare. But his ability to retain his connection with what is human and good remains a beacon of life that transcends the darkness and transforms this story into one of great emotional beauty. This is a must read for everyone...

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Summary: Personal and eye-witness accounts
Review: The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir is the chilling personal testimony and memoir of the daily life of George Lucius Salton, a Jewish man who survived the living hell of a Nazi concentration camp. An intense, gripping tale of hatred and power used as a brutal club to perpetrate atrocity, and the author's witness and narration of the unspeakable, The 23rd Psalm is an welcome and invaluable contribution to the growing library of Holocaust Studies. Providing powerful refutations of anti-semitic revisionist historians, these personal and eye-witness accounts are all the more significant in view of the holocaust generation now reaching an age where they are rapidly passing from among us.

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Summary: A moving tale
Review: This book captures you, your heart and mind, in its honesty and realism. It brings you through the dark passage of a young teenager from a small village in Poland, through the ghetto, into the concentration camps and to light of liberation. This book brings you into the storm, not as a mere observer of history; it engages your heart in its complete honesty. George Salton does not portray this path with the hindsight of history, rather throughout his journey he maintains his perspective as he experienced the coming storm. Neither he nor his family knows that they have entered into the valley of death. They hold onto hope of an end to their suffering like a life raft. The reader's own knowledge of the unfolding Holocaust makes the innocence and naivety of Salton and his fellow inmates so much more heartbreaking.
Most important, Salton recalls the fragments of his fellow Jews' humanity that survive the fire of the terrible hell that was the camps. Here are tales that illuminate the power of the human spirit in the face of the worst human evil. For me there are several such incidents in this book that will never leave me and I have gone back to read them again. In the end Salton has achieved his goal, for this book and his story is one I will never forget.

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Summary: Riveting
Review: This is an incredible accounting of the atrocities of WWII. I was unable to put the book down. It is extremely well written.

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Summary: a great,. great story
Review: Wow, a great story of perseverence and survival told from the point of view of a young boy experiencing the Holocaust. I was riveted from the start, wondering how it would end. The ability to survive is based on faith, luck, and instinct and the author's ability to keep on going in the face of unbelievable adversity. A real life story of horror and deprivation redeemed by young US soldiers. A great story