For Those I Loved

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Summary: Awesome tale of survival
Review: For Those I Loved by Martin Gray is a spectacular autobiography. It is one man's triumph over extreme tragedy and sorrow during the Holocaust and within the horrors of the Warsaw ghetto and Treblinka. This book teaches a very valuable lesson that everybody should hear: never give up hope, and always survive. This book helps you to put your own trials and hardships into perspective. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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Summary: The Most Inspirational Book I Have Ever Read
Review: For Those I Loved is the most inspirational book that I have ever read. It has been a number of years since I first read this book, and it still inspires me as much as it did at that time.

It is a book of courage against all odds...a book that demonstrates the deep strength that a man can gather to survive circumstances that seem beyond survival.

I continue to recommend this book to friends, and I recommend it to you, as well.

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Summary: For Those I Loved
Review: I have read this book several times; it is one of the most powerful accounts of a Holocaust experience that I have ever read. I find that after years (I first read it about 17 years ago) this story has stayed with me.

I was always curious to know what happened to Martin Gray and I looked up Max Gallo (who collaborated with Gray in writing the book) on the Internet and was happy to find out that Martin Gray is alive and well (as of this writing) and living in Brussels, and has 4 children. He has written over 10 books in French since having written For Those I Loved.

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Summary: The best book I ever read
Review: I was 20 when I read this book. I am now 43. When ever I think things are overwhelming I think of "Mytek" I think that was his nick name and I think of how he made it through. A very very powerful book I wish I had my own copy. I checked mine out of the local library.

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Summary: A factual and Moving account of the Holocaust.
Review: It was with great dismay that I read some of the comments questioning Martin Gray's life and history. They are obviously written by Holocaust deniers and individuals who will not accept the fact of the brutality and rabid hatred of many Eastern European's in assisting the Germans. Several years ago I read the book and had the honor to make the acquaintence of Martin Gray. I have been to his home several times to interview him. As a historian of the holocaust I fully researched his account and have talked at length with Martin about his many experiences. Not only are ALL his facts accurate but his personal ans unambiqious rendition can only lead one to the unmistakenable conclusion that he did personally suffer through those terrible times. His book is touching and horrifying and permits the readers to comprehend the vile and vicious treamtent of the Jews by the Poles, Ukraiains and Germans alike. These historical facts are well known.

As for Martin's involvemnt in the "KGB", he was never in the KGB as there was no KGB in WWII. It was called the NKVD. His work for them involved finding Nazis in hiding and collaborators in Eastern Europe. He left to America because he realized the NKVD would soon turn into a State supported police orgainzation.

Martin is a decent and honest man who suffered horribly.. He lost his entire family in Treblinka and had the courage to tell the world about it. His book should be read by anyone interested in this topic and anyone who wants to learn how one can build a new life despite experiencing such horror. The "reviewers" who discount the book base their opinion on incorrect information and unsupported allegations. Readers should make the effort to find and this book.

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Summary: Living to Tell
Review: The book For Those I Loved is a harrowing story of a Holocaust survivor and the trials he endured. The book is very good and can keep the reader's attention. If anyone makes negative comments about too many books about surviving the Holocaust then they have not read the book For Those I Loved. In the book I liked how Martin Gray chose to tell his story, but still manage to not seem to desire pity from the readers. He only seemed to have the desire to tell others his story and the hardships he went through. For Those I Loved is a book that shows the inhumanity of war and the fate of life. It is a very good book and in my opinion can help to inspire people to keep trying, no matter what may come their way. The faith and strength shown by Martin Gray is truly evident in For Those I Loved.

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Summary: Could have been 5
Review: The book is truly wonderful and a peice of art. For 95% of the novel, I coudn't put it down...until the end.

It seems that the author ran out of gas, gave up, and just ended the book, after spending so much of himself telling the story of pain, anguish and salvation.

The book should have ended when Martin got married and had his children. An epilogue should then have been written.

But, the story of Martin Gray and his holocaust experiences is truly amazing.

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Summary: Courage and dignity bring Martin Gray through the Holocaust.
Review: The story of Martin Gray, as told by Max Gallow, reads like a mystery adventure through hell. Alas, it is too real and too tragic to afford us any escape from the awful reality of the Holocaust. Martin was only thirteen when Warsaw fell to the Germans in 1939. He retells how he and his close-knit family survived almost to the end. Then there came the deportations and the death camps. Martin arrives in Treblika with his mother and a young woman he has recently befriended. He was one of the very few survivors of that camp, escaping with bearly his life. Such a tale is worth one book - but the story is far from over. Martin survives to fight the Germans and then emigrates to New York where he finds that the "butchers" of the world are not confined to Europe. It is with admiration and awe that one reads this magnificent biography: and with tremendous respect for the man who is its subject and for the writer who captures so vividly the acts and feelings of a real survivor

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Summary: An Incredible Moving and Accurate Account of Survival
Review: This book has been a main stay in my library for many years and I have re-read it countless times. It has ben passed on to numerous friends and relatives who were also very moved by Martin Gray's struggle and survival. He is an honorable man that suffered horribly and had the strength and character to tell us about his life during WWII under the Nazis.

I was disheartened to read the reviews by the "revisionists" who claim this book is fiction. I studied in France for several years and correspond with many collegues there. When I read these revisionist accounts I contacted my former professor and friends in France to research their claims. The archives of the periodicals "Le Monde" and "Le Figaro" were reviewed. The claims made by these revisionists are simply false and misleading. Yes, Martin Gray was in the NKVD. His his sole responsiblity was to hunt Nazi's hiding in Eastern Europe that escaped the Russian Army's occupation. He was even assigned to trail Martin Bormann without success. He was never involved in any other manner in this organization.

Gitta Sereny, the author responsible for disclosing the truth about Albert Speer, never confronted or commented about Martin Gray. There is no credible record of her comments. This and the other allegations are simply false and the work of uninformed and uneducated revisionists.

My friends in France have only the greatest admiration for Martin Gray and praise him for his forthright and honest portyal of his experiences. A six hour movie, starring Michael York, was made of his life and shown in France and England.

This book will be difficult to find, but I strongly urge anyone who has one to lend it to a friend to read. If you do not have one, try the library or make an effort to locate it. It is a wonderful book that will certainly have an impact on you and will teach you about the horrors, sacrifice and struggles of a heroic person. Martin Gray is a rare person who displays a sense of determinationa and dignity seldom found anymore. Find and read the book!

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Summary: Awesome tale of survival
Review: This is a truly great story written by a remarkable man who with incredable determination survived the horrors of Warsaw the ghetoe,s and the gas chambers of Treblinka, saw his family and friends humiliated then murdered by the Natzi "beasts".---Of how he joined with the Polish underground then the Russian army becoming an officer and as such becoming amongst the first to enter Berlin at the end of the War.It also shows a man of wonderful compassion , tho" he had suffered shocking humiliation and degradation by the "beasts" demonstrating this in helping the two German lads in Berlin
After the war Martin Gray further demonstrates his fantastic determination and strength of charicture by moving to America and altho not speaking a word of English he became a vey successful buisiness man within a period of about 10 years
Met his lovely wife Dina and they moved to France (near Cannes} where they built their dream "fortress" and had four children.
Happiness was not to last for Martin Gray , he was once again torn to the depths of despair when his wife Dina with their four children perished in a huge forrest fire
For Those I Loved is not an easy book to read , it is for the most a very sad story.It must be noted also that this story with the colaberation of Max Gallo was written six months after the fire
Like many others who have read this book I would like to know the whereabouts of Mr. Gray today and would appreciate vey much anybody letting me know