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Summary: solid account of important topic, but w/ some limitations
Review: Eva Fogelman tells the stories of hundreds of Gentile rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. Her accounts are often very moving, and the book is nicely done. She makes an idealistic plea for government and voluntary institutional support for altruism as a safeguard against future genocide, which is charming, but even she admits this may be a little too 'utopian.' I really appreciated this book, and was touched by the sobering picture of how modernity and secularism have not brought real moral progress, but instead have made it easier to carry out evil in a grander scale. I don;t think this is the author's point, but it certainly was a conclusion I draw from all such accounts fo 20th century genocide. My only dissappointments with the book -- while Fogelman as a psychologist proports probe the MOTIVES behind the extraordinary courage shown by the Gentile rescurers -- how their own 'moral compass' gave them the ability to stand against antisemitic hate, she shows very little understanding of how Biblical Christian values were likely decisive in so many cases. She seems somewhat ill-equipped to probe the motives of the truly committed Christian. Perhaps this explains why she makes no mention at all of some of the most famous and interesting cases of rescuers who acted out of profoundly Biblical convictions of justice and mercy (like Corrie Ten Boom, whose story is told in the book and film The Hiding Place; or Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who is give just one sentence in the book). Overall, a very helpful and moving book.
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Summary: solid account of important topic, but w/ some limitations
Review: Eva Fogelman tells the stories of hundreds of Gentile rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. Her accounts are often very moving, and the book is nicely done. She makes an idealistic plea for government and voluntary institutional support for altruism as a safeguard against future genocide, which is charming, but even she admits this may be a little too 'utopian.' I really appreciated this book, and was touched by the sobering picture of how modernity and secularism have not brought real moral progress, but instead have made it easier to carry out evil in a grander scale. I don;t think this is the author's point, but it certainly was a conclusion I draw from all such accounts fo 20th century genocide. My only dissappointments with the book -- while Fogelman as a psychologist proports probe the MOTIVES behind the extraordinary courage shown by the Gentile rescurers -- how their own 'moral compass' gave them the ability to stand against antisemitic hate, she shows very little understanding of how Biblical Christian values were likely decisive in so many cases. She seems somewhat ill-equipped to probe the motives of the truly committed Christian. Perhaps this explains why she makes no mention at all of some of the most famous and interesting cases of rescuers who acted out of profoundly Biblical convictions of justice and mercy (like Corrie Ten Boom, whose story is told in the book and film The Hiding Place; or Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who is give just one sentence in the book). Overall, a very helpful and moving book.
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Summary: Enlightening
Review: I'm a senior in a subraban high school in Maine. I read this book when I was a freshman, and it turned my knowledge about the Holocaust upside down. Mrs. Fogelman's book showed how the human spirit can rise to the occasion even in the most horrendous and frightening situations. By writing about rescuers and why they chose action instead of passivity Fogelman sheds light on a whole different area of the Holocaust. This books helps illustrate that the Holocaust isn't a lesson about death, its a lesson about life and the goodness of the human spirit.
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Summary: Enlightening
Review: I'm a senior in a subraban high school in Maine. I read this book when I was a freshman, and it turned my knowledge about the Holocaust upside down. Mrs. Fogelman's book showed how the human spirit can rise to the occasion even in the most horrendous and frightening situations. By writing about rescuers and why they chose action instead of passivity Fogelman sheds light on a whole different area of the Holocaust. This books helps illustrate that the Holocaust isn't a lesson about death, its a lesson about life and the goodness of the human spirit.
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Summary: Great book but hypocritical and superficial therapist
Review: Read her book for a very good idea of what some people did to help the Jews during this horrific time when most people in the world stood still. But if you have severe problems due to the Holocaust, I regret that she may very well go against some of the very noble ideas in her book, because that was what happened to me, a 2nd generation survivor while I was in "therapy" with her. She didn't even care if I was going to die due to my difficulties.
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Summary: A deeply moving account of a world turned upside-down
Review: The book is at once harrowing and uplifting, recounting stories of decent everyday people who risked their lives to shelter their Jewish neighbors. Eva Fogelman delves into the psychology of rescuers while showing us the human beings, warts and all, who struggled bravely through an inhuman time. This is a memorable book indeed.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: This book is both fascinating and inspirational. Fogelman shares the stories of a number of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. She also offers her insight regarding the psychological effects of risking ones life for others and why the individuals (and sometimes groups) chose to do good. This novel offers a little known aspect of the Holocaust and presents a shining light from an era of darkness. - College Student
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