Dan Stone (2)

The Liberation of the Camps was an eye-opener for me. It is not that I thought Jews were welcomed back with open-arms after liberation. My family managed to leave right before the outbreak of the war and I know what happened to the few remaining who tried to go back to Poland. But somehow I believed the tropes about the ecstatic survivors and the joyful reunions. When I think about it this it really does not make sense. First, how could the genocide and degradation of a people lead to anything but an exhausting and brutal struggle especially with the complex political machinations and outright anti-antisemitism of so many countries. Second, I saw this struggle in my neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 1960's as families, survivors and others, lived their lives with the trauma of the Holocaust in their bones. I found the book highly readable and appreciated the thorough research and compelling eyewitness accounts. The information was presented clearly and concisely and widened my perspective. Thank you.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to review this book for an honest opinion… (mais)