Frank W. Baker (1)

A staid and reverential biography of a South Carolina couple who were born in Poland, survived the concentration camps of the Nazis' Final Solution, and emigrated to the United States.

It leans a little too heavily on the broader history, allowing the personal story to get lost at times, but the big personalities of Felix and Bluma still manage to peek through. The narrative starts to take on Forrest Gump qualities at time as the couple are repeatedly transferred between almost every major camp the Nazis ran, sharing time and space with Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel while meeting Josef Mengele and Dwight Eisenhower.

I wish it weren't quite so stiff, but I still admire the testimony of people who persevered in the face of one of the greatest horrors in human history.… (más)