Beating the Odds: A Boyhood Under Nazi-Occupied France

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Summary: Review of Beating the Odds
Review: This book excited my interest because I had never before read a personal account of a teenager who lived under the terrifying conditions imposed by the Nazi occupiers of his country. The intimate details of day to day existence intrigued me. One picks up the fear, the constant apprehension, and the resulting anger of those who suffered the indignities of an appalling environment. This is not an easy book to read - it raises many questions about the nature of the human species. Could the terrible things that happened in occupied France occur eleswhere?
Are some of the same horrors going on now? Sadly, they probably are. At any rate, read this book. It will open your eyes.

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Summary: Extremely well written memoir
Review: This is a well written, interesting memoir of a Holocaust survivor in France. The sections on political events are well placed and provide appropriate historic background to contents of the book.
Myself a Holocaust survivor, I learned from it a lot about life in France during those years and enjoyed reading it.