Parallel Journeys

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Summary: Parallel Journeys
Review: This book is about two people living in two very different worlds. One is a Jew who gets sent to a concentration camp and the other is a member of the Hitler Youth. One strong point was how the author put the book together, on a timeline of events. You get to see both sides of the story. It got me hooked because I was waiting to see what happened to them. I thought this was a very good book to read, especially if you want to teach kids about the Holocaust.

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Summary: Great for youth to read
Review: This book is geared for youth, and I think it's okay for kids from age 10 on up. Older teenagers and adults should be sure to check out Heck's other two books, "Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika," and "The Burden of Hitler's Legacy." All three books contain good stuff that is left out of the other two books - for example, Parallel Journeys contains the Jewish perspective of Ms. Waterford, and is written for youthful readers; Child of Hitler focuses on the events prior to and during the war; and The Burden of Hitler's Legacy provides a lot more detail about the events leading up to the end of the war, and the events after the war. I strongly recommend all three books, and promise you that you will not come away with the feeling that you have read the same story three times.

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Summary: Absolute must read!
Review: This book is the absolute best I have read on the Holocaust. It tells two points of view - one from a young girl who lived through the time and one from a young man who ended up being a high ranking official in Hitler's militia. I like the way the book tells their stories - paralled - chapter by chapter. I read the entire book in one day. I could not put it down. I will be teaching my middle school students about German history next year and plan on using this book. It is a must read!!

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Summary: Absolute must read!
Review: This book is the absolute best I have read on the Holocaust. It tells two points of view - one from a young girl who lived through the time and one from a young man who ended up being a high ranking official in Hitler's militia. I like the way the book tells their stories - paralled - chapter by chapter. I read the entire book in one day. I could not put it down. I will be teaching my middle school students about German history next year and plan on using this book. It is a must read!!

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Summary: Elizabeth
Review: This book opened my eyes to what really went on in WW2. I think everybody should read this book. It shows both sides of the story, not just what happend to the Jews, but also the Nazis side.If you have a chance to read this book, I recommend that you do. I give it a 2 thumbs up!

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Summary: Just Amazing
Review: This book was given to us in school for Grade 11 History. I started reading it and was unable to put it down. The best parts of the book are the parts about Alfons Heck. Throughtout the entire book you neve once hear that he never believed that what he was being told was wrong. He fully believed that Germans were a superior race and all others must be done away with. I think that he should extreme courage to be able to tell his story about who his life was effect by being in the Hitler Youth. Helen Waterford's stroy was just as amazing. She showed such courage even though she faced what seemed like impossible odds. World War II is one of my favorite subjects and this book shows you an even darker side to it.

This book should have been a work of fiction. It truely made me believe that the Holocaust should have never happened in our world but only in a fictional book. But it did happen and we need to learn from it. This books should us how

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Summary: Parallel Journeys
Review: This book was very enlightening because it shows the view of a woman (Jew) Helen Waterford and a man (Hitler Youth) Alfons Heck.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a great book. It contrasts the views of a Hitler Youth and follower and a Jewish Prisoner very well. If you are interested at all in the Holocaust, this book is a must read. It is filled with interesting and horrifying facts. The author arranged this book well

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Summary: Parallel Journey's from Claudia
Review: This is probably the best Holocasut book I have ever read, which is a real honor considering how many I have read. I cannot belive the truth of this book and how you are afraid to end it because you will loose a friend. I was impressed how each story told was backed up by facts and took you through the entire ordeal from childhood to present. In the book it tells the story of a woman who is a Holocaust survivor and a man who is in the Hitler Youth and becomes a pilot for the Nazis. It is the real-deal when it comes to Holocaust literature and I reccomend it it you are new to this area, and I reccomend it if you have been at it for years!

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Summary: Unbelivable!
Review: This is probably the best Holocasut book I have ever read, which is a real honor considering how many I have read. I cannot belive the truth of this book and how you are afraid to end it because you will loose a friend. I was impressed how each story told was backed up by facts and took you through the entire ordeal from childhood to present. In the book it tells the story of a woman who is a Holocaust survivor and a man who is in the Hitler Youth and becomes a pilot for the Nazis. It is the real-deal when it comes to Holocaust literature and I reccomend it it you are new to this area, and I reccomend it if you have been at it for years!