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Cargando... In my hands : memories of a holocaust rescuer (1999 original; edición 2016)por Irene Gut Opdyke
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Excellent story of a Holocaust rescuer in Poland. ( ) This is the true story of a Polish girl during WWII. She was underage but left home to study to be a nurse. War breaks out. She spends several years being sent to different areas and working for different groups. She's raped and goes hungry sometimes. She becomes a spy of sorts, sneaking food to Jews, hiding them and helping them to escape. It's a truly inspiring story and gave me the feels. I listened to this audio, which was excellent, and the story is fascinating. I also listened to it thinking it was a YA book, which isn't accurate I guess. I think I'll bring it to our schools anyway, because Irene is a teenager for a good part of the story, and it's so compelling I think they'll find it interesting. It does touch on very dark things as well as very hopeful things, but it didn't feel too graphic for our middle school students. It also has stark parallels to several current situations, and I found her very first acts to help Jewish people in the ghettos encouraging for when you're overwhelmed by a situation. That moment of "I can't fix this, but I can offer a small act," is such a good reminder that small things count even if you sometimes feel like nothing you can do will matter. This book was pretty good but not amazing. I read it two years before writing this review, and I would have liked the story well enough - and perhaps given it 3 stars - if not for the content. It's a true story, so it really happened, but it made me uncomfortable to read about certain things. Some of the major things that bothered me most were There were also descriptions of other atrocities of war that got very gruesome at times, including Another thing that I didn't like about the book - that was merely annoying to me - was that it was written in a bit of a melodramatic fashion, as if the author and co-author were trying to sound like a beautiful novel. I don't prefer to read fiction that is overly descriptive or "novel-like" in its writing, and I definitely don't prefer it in an autobiography. I love autobiographies, and the good ones are just as gripping as a novel, but they're gripping enough when the writing is tight and quality and plain - they don't need to try so hard to be good. This is an amazing story, and I was very inspired by the author's immense courage and the way she saved Jews with unflinching determination - despite being, as someone told her condescendingly, "just a girl." But the content issues took away from my enjoyment of the book, and I don't recommend it. I give it 1.5 or 2 stars. I love World War II autobiographies, but I prefer to stick with the ones that are comfortable for me. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)940.531809438History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; Holocaust Holocaust History, geographic treatment, biography Europe Germany & Central Europe PolandClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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