We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust

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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: A great book on the Holocaust, though it lacks the fullness of each individual story. I recommend it, although other books are much better. If you want info on 5 different stories quickly, this is for you, but you MUST read Anne Franks' diary as well. :)

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Summary: Touching, sad, but moving and worth the read
Review: Although many people think that reading such books as these, the accounts of teenagers who died while under the Nazi regime, is depressing...people should tell them, it should be. This book was very good, and I read it a few years ago during a class that I had to take. Everyone had read the Diary of Anne Frank, but although this includes excerpts of hers, I was interested to know what others thought. Whether or not they were as optimistic as she was. If you are looking for a read that will give you different perspectives on how teenagers thought about the Holocaust, this is the book for you.

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Summary: Good Source of Information on the Holocaust
Review: Have you ever wondered what life for Jewish teens was like during the Holocaust? David, Yitzhak, Moshe, Eva, and Anne were five Jewish teens who lived and died during the Holocaust. Each of their lives and deaths are captured in this book, which uses factual information and chosen portions of their diary entries to compare their experiences. Boas efficiently chooses information to show what was happening at different times and places. His choice of entries, like Anne writing "...in spite of everything I still think people are really good at heart," supports the main theme that it is in the human nature to never give up hope. This book is very informational and eye opening, although it does not develop the five individual stories, which would make it more interesting and understandable. This book is good for anyone, but young adult readers will probably get the most out of it beacuse the main characters are young adults. This book made me want to learn more and gave me a greater understanding of the Holocaust.

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Review: I read this book because I have always been interested in the Holocaust. I think that the writers portrayed the human spirit and the strength and courage that it takes few people to accomplish in a lifetime and the virtues that most people will never fully have. To completly understand what these 5 and millions of others went through is just mind baffling and almost impossible to comprehend. I think that this is an excellent book for readers of all ages to connect to.

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Summary: Ok I guess
Review: This book was OK. I had to read it for school but I agree that it had way too many narrations in it and the only thing that captured the teens' feelings and thoughts were the scant entries from their diaries. This book didn't move me at all. If the author had put more of the kids' entries in it, it might be more effective.

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Summary: we are witnesses
Review: We are witnesses by Jacob Boas, is a GREAT book to read it gives you different views of teenagers that went through diffuculty during the holocaust. As you know, the person who was in charge of the holocaust was Hitler. All the teeangers talked about hope they always had the hope to live and to have their own family. They never talked about hate, they never said they hate hitler the only thing that they said was that he was responsible for what was happening. This was shocking to me because I would hate the person who had my family killed. Wouldn't you?