Austria was very involved in the Holocaust

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	• Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe Leo Bretholz, Michael Olesker Woodholme House Publishers, 1999 - 273 pages average customer review:based on 23 reviews
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Austria was very involved in the Holocaust

The part that most struck me was when he wrote "Before the war would end, little Austria would supply nearly half of the staff of all Nazi concentration camps and death camps." and the story he tells of being a boy in Vienna in March 1938 "when Hitler entered the city and found a quarter of a million people rapturously cheering him". He says his cousin Sonja still lives in Vienna "where the citizens now call themselves victims....hoping to keep their secret from the rest of the world". Hitler was an Austrian and so was the head of the Gestapo Kaltenbrunner and many many other Nazi's.

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the human spirit

an incredible story about the human spirit and the will to live against all odds.

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This book was incredible

I just finished this book, I coulnt beleive the outcome of it.It was so shocking to hear all of this. I couldn't put it down. Im very interested in the Holocaust, even though im not a surviver, but it is so interesting on how people were back in WWII, it amazes me that people had to go through all of this..I would diffently reccommend this. Thanks to Leo and Michael, to share such a tragic story and a big and unhumian peice of your life, a peice of history..Best Wishes

it rules

Well, the writer is my Grandpa. I am 10 years old so I read it early. My mom helped me out a lot. But thats not exactly a bad thing! Everytime I came to a word I didn't know she would tell me. My mom really could help because my mom was even the one who read it and edited it so she was one of the first, and that really helped because she knew the whole story. I first thought it wasn't such a bad tradgedy of what he did, but after I accually read it, I really changed my mind! If you have not read it, you really got to. Even if you are ten like me, try and you will really like it! Expeccially read it if you like biographies and autobiographies, cause this is an autobiography! Even if you don't like non-fiction, read it anyway! This is so cool that it sounds impossible, and im it sounds impossible it's as fiction as any other book!

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Amazing story of several escapes by Leo

I've read several books about the holocaust,whether their authors were survivors of the death camps, survivors on the run, or even non-Jews who helped others survive by hiding them. This book was an incredible story. His escapes were brave and amazing. I'm always looking for more stories such as this, it is amazing to me, there are so many stories, I want to know them all. If you have any other recommendations, e-mail me at Stacy1212@aol.com. Great book, must read.

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Leo Bretholz's Holocaust memoir chronicles his harrowing night aboard and dramatic escape from a freight train bound for Auschwitz in 1942, as well as other escapes that kept Leo one step ahead of the Nazis' "final solution." Acclaimed historian and Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert noted the importance of the book's publication: "No one can read Leo Bretholz's history without realizing not only the depravity into which Europe was plunged, but also the remarkable courage of individuals [like Leo]." Historian Deborah Dwork said that the story "grabs you, and won't shake when you've finished the book." Rabbi Ervin Preis called the memoir a "real thriller." Raul Hilberg and Michael Berenbaum have also endorsed this riveting autobiography.

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