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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. "From the Holocaust to a New Dawn" is an enjoyable read by Israeli citizen David Shachar. In this book, the author reveals his life during World War II and the efforts of his family to survive the Holocaust. The book is however, mostly about the man himself, his values, his struggles to provide for his nuclear family and his wish to make a significant contribution to his adopted homeland, Israel. Born in Krasnosielec, Poland his father and other innocent Jews were brutally killed by Germans and their bodies burned and buried secretly near the synagogue. This incident happened when David was a youngster and he never forgot it. One of his dreams was to commemorate these victims which he managed to accomplish when he was older with the aid of an acquaintance, Mr. Sami Shamoon. The author has a strong sense of self and a strong desire to make a difference in society. In fact, he is instrumental in establishing a memorial on Mount Herzel in Jerusalem to honor Jewish soldiers who served in Polish armies. Whether he is serving in the Israeli army, working in Italy for a n Israeli water company or living in northern Israel on a kibbutz, he is an active, socially conscious individual. What is most interesting about this book is how the author continues to keep the reader's interest while revealing his life story. It is a tale of an ordinary man who lives an ordinary life. During his lifetime every now and again he meets some extraordinary people and overcomes some unusual challenges. Shachar writes in a pleasant, easy-to-read manner As a reader, you will gain respect for a man like Shachar. He is typical of the many individuals who made significant sacrifices to build Israel into the great country it is today. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. Obviously this is considered an important book by the publisher, family, and fellow citizens of Israel, and, as a record of the experiences of a Holocaust survivor, it also has an inherent historic and human importance.However, I am not sure who were the intended audience for David’s autobiography outside of that particular circle, or why it is being published internationally, after translation. It reads as a textbook, perhaps to accompany a visit to the Mount Herzl memorial for the fallen Jewish and Polish soldiers that the author conceived, sponsored and saw to completion. In one of the opening letters of approbation, by a Knesset Member, one importance is recognized ‘that it be read by the youth in order that they know with what suffering this state (Israel) was established, and …it is because of people like David that it exists to this day’…and another Knesset member noted that the author ‘serve(s) as a model for our generation’. His travels and travails took the author through Nazi-occupied Poland, Siberia, France, Italy and then, as part of the peopling of the Promised Land, as a settler to Israel. An interesting and challenging life then, but this reader felt that the book, written by David himself, failed to portray the excitement and drama and needed editing, restructuring and polishing in order to become more readable by those of us without his shared experiences. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. 'From the Holocaust to a New Dawn,' begins with David Shachar's family genealogy, which caused me to immediately lose interest. It reminded me of being in a situation in which a friend wants you to view family vacation photos, but you have absolutely no interest in them. You politely sit through them and hope the time will pass by quickly. In addition, the beginning of Shachar's book includes a lot of Jewish and/or Polish terminology which made it extremely difficult for a non-Jewish person to understand. It would have been very helpful if the terminology had been defined or translated so that I might have been able to understand it more thoroughly. I found the story extremely interesting when Shachar began telling of the events which took place when the Germans invaded Poland, the suffering which his family endured, and how they were given the option of remaining in Poland or traveling to Siberia. His description of the life he and his family experienced and how they survived the hardships was an engrossing account of survival. David made the statement that when he moved to Israel, he found that he was not accepted by the Jews already living there. He stated that the Jews in Israel looked down on the Jews who had survived the Holocaust as "not having the sense to immigrate to Israel in time, for marching to our deaths as "sheep led to slaughter,' or even worse - for surviving the Holocaust only because we were egoistic manipulators or collaborators." What a terrible thing to be accused of after having already suffered so much. Shachar goes on to tell how he worked toward the betterment of life for Jewish people and the state of Israel. However, near the end of the book, I began to feel that he was bragging of his achievements and that he wrote this book in order to show how he worked toward building a Jewish Memorial, while showing that others who were involved were only trying to profit from it. I found myself neither impressed nor interested in these events. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. This book follows the life of David before World War II to the present day. It discusses his studies as a child, the life of a refugee during and after World War II, his experiences in Israel and much more.I found the book a bit hard to read. I am not Jewish, and often Hebrew phrases were used without explanation or definition. The book also seemed to have large gaps of time between stories, which made it more difficult to get an accurate picture of their life and struggles during World War II and afterward. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Through tragedy and war and a desire for peace, the life story of David Shachar serves as a model for our times. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. A few years later, David and his wife, Chaya, answered Ben-Gurion's call to settle the country "from the city to the frontier", and they moved to the development town of Kiryat Shmona. He worked tirelessly to advance the developing city, using his qualifications and abilities to build up technology in the border area. Years later, David Shachar served as a senior representative of the Israel Aircraft Industries with the Ministry of Defense and did much to develop and advance Israel's defence industry. David never lost sight of his memories of World War II and devoted himself to memorialising the bravery of the 30,000 Jewish soldiers who fell in the Polish army. On his initiative, the outstanding monument in their memory was established at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In the words of Ephraim Kaye of Yad Vashem, David's story of rebirth "is one of unprecedented creativity, courage and self-sacrifice that is the essence of Israel today". This inspiring autobiography is a must-read. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I stuggled to complete this book. I fund it very rote and dry to read, thiugh I am sure his life had a deal more intrigue and activity in it than he portrays. I wouldn't recommend this book. One star ( )