I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium. A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum, Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz pdffiller
This book is a record of conversations with one the most valuable eyewitnesses to the Holocaust Henryk Mandelbaum 1922 2008 a boy from a poor Jewish family was chosen by the SS for an unimaginably onerous job The Sonderkommando the special labor detail was present in every one of the extermination camps that the Nazis set up during the Second World War The basic duty of the prisoners selected for this kind of work was burying or burning the bodies of murdered prisoners cleaning out the rooms used as gas chambers sorting the valuables left behind by the victims and other tasks connected with the mass murder of Jews It is difficult to compare the experience of the Sonders in the extermination centers with anything else in human history Henryk Mandelbaum s momoirs have exceptional value Above all they are not contaminated by secondary sources Mandelbaum s account is characterized by exceptional authenticity A historian would call it raw and uninformed but Mandelbaum makes each of his assertions confidently and with full conviction When he is unsure of something he remains silent He remembers people s appearances better than their names His story is authentic true and moving I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at AuschwitzOkay I must say I am quite spechless about this long interview. I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium. A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum, Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz pdf It is always hard to read about the bad side of our global history I like when Mandelbaum says he doesn t believe in God because what happened wasn t stopped Humans are always the responsible ones for what they do worng and to stop what we are looking at not hoping for a miracle. I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium. A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum, Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz pdf He says nobody ever is gonna be capable to think and feel the same as he did in Auschwitz and I agree with that one hundred per cent Let s hope we learn one day we are the worst could happen to the Earth Hardcover This was a very informative book I have read many books about Auschwitz and have even been there but I never read or knew much about the men of the Sonderkommando I highly recommend this one if you are interested in the Holocaust Hardcover five stars. I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium. A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum, Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz pdf The bookshop at auschwitz and Auschwitz Birkenau are amazing full of first hand accounts and set out in different sections for different languages A truly moving place This book is as first hand account as you can get I read it on the plane on the way home to Manchester which was only about 2 hours but i dont think i looked up at all once while doing so Please read first hand accounts like this one so very important Hardcover I was at the Auschwitz museum this year and I bought this book there It was the best invest I ever made It was a good story Hardcover
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I Was at the Auschwitz Crematorium. A Conversation with Henryk Mandelbaum, Former Prisoner and Member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz pdf i bought this book and one other at the Auschwitz Birkenau bookshop after the tour i had at the camps on Monday.The best money i have spent on books
