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Summary: A Rare and Valuable Window on Modern History
Review: There are few and diminishing number of holocaust survivors who can offer first hand accounts on this horrific period in history. Sol's story covers a six year period that includes surviving the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Treblinka, Majdenik, Buchenwald and Dachau. Sol Survived from physical strength and stamina (at 77 today he is still in remarkable health), personal pride in being a Jew, incredible resourcefullness, and an indellible will to live. He just refused to die. This story will appeal to any student of Jewish or Holocaust studies, but it holds real value for anyone who wants to understand the strength of faith and spirit, regardless of religious background.
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Summary: A Rare and Valuable Window on Modern History
Review: There are few and diminishing number of holocaust survivors who can offer first hand accounts on this horrific period in history. Sol's story covers a six year period that includes surviving the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Treblinka, Majdenik, Buchenwald and Dachau. Sol Survived from physical strength and stamina (at 77 today he is still in remarkable health), personal pride in being a Jew, incredible resourcefullness, and an indellible will to live. He just refused to die. This story will appeal to any student of Jewish or Holocaust studies, but it holds real value for anyone who wants to understand the strength of faith and spirit, regardless of religious background.
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Summary: Fantastic Books
Review: This book brought the Holocaust to life in great detail. It truly was educational and gives you a great deal of admiration for Sol Rosenberg. We have prisons filled with people who say they had a bad childhood so that justifies their crimes. They should make this book available to people in prison and then tell them to stop their whining. Dr. Chardkoff did an excellent job!
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Summary: A Remarkable Story
Review: This book is a relatively short book and easy to read in terms of the prose. It is very difficult to read in terms of trying to comprehend the cruelty and misery of that place and time. The author, Richard Chardkoff, is a history professor at the university in Louisiana where the subject, Sol Rosenberg, now lives with his children and grandchildren. Dr. Chardkoff was funded with a grant to travel to Poland and Germany to document the events and Sol's movements during this time.
Salik Rosenberg was born a Jew in Germany in the late 1920's and moved with his family to Poland before the Nazi invasion. The story evolves around Sol's life during the rise of the Nazi's through to his rescue by the American troops at Dachau. What you see in this horrific odyssey are the captors and guards who embody the worst evils of humans, contrasted with a person like Sol, who seldom questioned his ability to go on and had just an incredible will for survival. Dr. Chardkoff adeptly adds historical facts surrounding the locations and timeframes of Sol's journey.
This book can be read by anyone easily and is definitely recommended for students of the holocaust. Due to the graphic nature of the conditions of the prisoners, I would not recommend this book to children. I highly recommend this book to anyone who thinks they had a difficult childhood.
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Summary: A Remarkable Story
Review: This book is a relatively short book and easy to read in terms of the prose. It is very difficult to read in terms of trying to comprehend the cruelty and misery of that place and time. The author, Richard Chardkoff, is a history professor at the university in Louisiana where the subject, Sol Rosenberg, now lives with his children and grandchildren. Dr. Chardkoff was funded with a grant to travel to Poland and Germany to document the events and Sol's movements during this time.
Salik Rosenberg was born a Jew in Germany in the late 1920's and moved with his family to Poland before the Nazi invasion. The story evolves around Sol's life during the rise of the Nazi's through to his rescue by the American troops at Dachau. What you see in this horrific odyssey are the captors and guards who embody the worst evils of humans, contrasted with a person like Sol, who seldom questioned his ability to go on and had just an incredible will for survival. Dr. Chardkoff adeptly adds historical facts surrounding the locations and timeframes of Sol's journey.
This book can be read by anyone easily and is definitely recommended for students of the holocaust. Due to the graphic nature of the conditions of the prisoners, I would not recommend this book to children. I highly recommend this book to anyone who thinks they had a difficult childhood.
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Summary: Inspiring man!
Review: To be completely honest, I haven't read the book. But I live in Monroe and I've heard Sol speak out before and that was incredibly moving. I'm waiting to get my copy.
I was in the eighth grade at my junior high (I'm a senior in high school now) when he visited and spoke about his experiences. He really is inspiring. I drive past his piping store nearly every day...
And amazing man and I'm certain that the book is amazing as well.
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