The Holocaust Kingdom: A Memoir3 reviews Alexander Donat Holocaust Pubns, 2000 A Tragic Story + The Warsaw Ghetto and Uprising, Clarification of Oft-Quoted Polish Remarks, etc. + The Holocaust Kingdom I have read dozens of holocaust books over the years, mostly non-fiction accounts. I must say this book, more than most, really brought home to me what it must have been like to endure the horror of living in the Warsaw Ghetto. Some of the scenes Donat describes, I literally had to put the book ...             Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to ...4 reviews Elliott Horowitz Princeton University Press, 2006 A brilliant book by a prodigiously creative historian + The Pronounced Reciprocity of Jewish-Christian Religious Hostilities + A new perspective on Purim and Esther Horowitz is one of the most original historians of Jewish cultural and intellectual history writing today. This book is in turn surprising, unnerving and enchanting, and disposes of pious presuppositions about the changing image and force of violence in Jewish religious thought. A tour de force.             The Convent at Auschwitz3 reviews Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski George Braziller, 1991 A Must Read for Americans of Polish Heritage + An excellent presentation of a complicated and controversial topic After a trip to Poland in April/May of this year, I became very interested in the history of the country . My interest was enhanced by my amazement in finding the names of 3 men who shared my family name and who had died at Auschwitz. They were Polish freedom fighters. This book explains the ...             Martyrs of Charity (Christian and Jewish Response to the Holocaust, A.)2 reviews Waclaw Zajaczkowski St. Maximilian Kolbe Foundation, 1988 Polonophobic Attacks Refuted: Many Thousand Poles Perished Helping Jews + Testimonies of Polish Assistance to Persecuted Jews In this painstakingly-detailed work, Zajaczkowski catalogues over 700 locations (listed alphabetically) where Germans murdered Poles for aiding Jews (pp. 119-291). In most of them, there were at least several Polish victims (often tens or hundreds), so the total known Polish death toll is at least ...             Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz31 reviews Rudolf Höss Da Capo Press, 1996 Rudolph Hoess (Auschwitz Kommandant) and the Clarification of Some Holocaust Misconceptions + Testimony of the monster + How badly the Germans hate the Jews! + A very good tranlation             Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans13 reviews Vivien Spitz Sentient Publications, 2005 Exactly what I was looking for. + Medical Demons + The title tells all! This account of the good Doctors is exactly what I`ve been looking for. I have had my fill of reading about other people`s hypotheses regarding why and how they reasoned out their crimes. I have my own capacity to form logical opinion, and it was time somebody had the raw unsullied guts to actually ...             Fighting Auschwitz2 reviews Jozef Garlinski Fawcett, 1975 "Life" at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Clarification of the Sonderkommandos' Revolt vis-a-vis the Polish Underground + Eye- opening Jozef (Joseph) Garlinski, a member of the Polish Underground, former inmate of Auschwitz, and subsequently a historian, has written an invaluable account about this Nazi German concentration and death camp. There is also an extensive listing of specifically-named individuals. WARNING: Some of ...             THE CAP: OR THE PRICE OF A LIFE.1 review Roman. Frister Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1999 A Detailed and Generally Balanced Holocaust Survivor Testimony The following review is based on the Grove Press hardback edition. I focus on matters of historical significance. With one obvious exception, Frister shows an excellent grasp of factual events. (He makes the unbelievable statement that the NSZ "did not kill Germans at all" (p. 263), only killed ...             Scenes of Fighting and Martyrdom Guide; War Years in Poland 1939-19451 review Council for the Preservation of Monuments to Resistance and Martyrdom Warsaw Sport I Turystyka ., 1966 A Necessarily-Incomplete Geographical Survey of Nazi German Genocidal Acts against Poles and Jews This book is a catalogue of over 2,000 locations (p. 9) where the Germans committed murder against Poles and Jews. Each page of this book has a short paragraph detailing the nature of the crime and often the approximate number of victims. The book doesn't pretend to be complete, and doesn't even ...             The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry4 reviews Ilya Ehrenburg, Vasily Grossman Transaction Publishers, 2003 The first great witness of the Shoah + A Comprehensive Treatise on the Fate of Eastern European Jewry + The Black Book + Question             Mary's Knight: The Mission and Martyrdom of Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe2 reviews Claude R Foster West Chester University Press, West Chester University, 2002 The Life, Thoughts, Deeds, Non-Antisemitism, and Death of Saint Kolbe + Foster allows us to understand Kolbe's devotion The reader of this detailed book immediately becomes impressed by the intellectual and spiritual depth of Father Kolbe. There is also a broad sweep of Polish history. Kolbe's knowledge of the Bible is impressive, and his devotion to our Lord and His Mother is obvious. He has several debates with ...             Auschwitz: Nazi Death Camp1 review Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 1996 The Essential Auschwitz: a Mini-Encyclopedia This one volume packs a great deal of information. This review is based on the 3rd (2004) edition. Details are given on the camp's construction, modus operandi, inmate "life" and forced labor, the gruesome experiments on humans (with emphasis on the development of mass sterilization methods for ...             The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them4 reviews Eugen Kogon Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 A microcosm of Hell + A More Complete Picture + A Variety of Victims of the Nazi Concentration Camps + A complete first hand account             Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz38 reviews Olga Lengyel Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995 "Life" in Auschwitz; Nazi Genocidal Ambitions beyond Jews and Gypsies + Five Chimneys "Gritty, poignant and clinical-a Great Book!" + Invaluable heartbreaking truth! + Like watching a car wreck when you know you shouldn't gawk + Everyone should read this             The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust10 reviews Tom Segev Holt Paperbacks, 2000 Israelis and the Holocaust + The Holocaust As Viewed By The Israelis + One more voice in a vast area of study + A History of Israel With Broad Implications + Excellent! Very Well Done!             Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy1 review Praeger Paperback, 1991 Good Chronological Format, but Rather Simplistic Reasoning and Inaccurate Premises The strongest part of this book is its listing of events (p. 17-on) and the full texts of important speeches, as by Cardinal Glemp (p. 207-on). We also read how Glemp made reference to Jews having access to the media (p. 224). He did NOT say that Jews control the media. Unfortunately, the ...             Survival In Auschwitz71 reviews Primo Levi Touchstone, 1996 primo levi + Vivid Portrayal of Horror + "...man is bound to pursue his own ends by all possible means, while he who errs but once pays dearly." + Direct and Powerful + Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!             The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them4 reviews Eugen Kogon Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 A microcosm of Hell + A More Complete Picture + A Variety of Victims of the Nazi Concentration Camps + A complete first hand account             Mary's Knight: The Mission and Martyrdom of Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe2 reviews Claude R Foster West Chester University Press, West Chester University, 2002 The Life, Thoughts, Deeds, Non-Antisemitism, and Death of Saint Kolbe + Foster allows us to understand Kolbe's devotion The reader of this detailed book immediately becomes impressed by the intellectual and spiritual depth of Father Kolbe. There is also a broad sweep of Polish history. Kolbe's knowledge of the Bible is impressive, and his devotion to our Lord and His Mother is obvious. He has several debates with ...             Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz38 reviews Olga Lengyel Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995 "Life" in Auschwitz; Nazi Genocidal Ambitions beyond Jews and Gypsies + Five Chimneys "Gritty, poignant and clinical-a Great Book!" + Invaluable heartbreaking truth! + Like watching a car wreck when you know you shouldn't gawk + Everyone should read this