Holocaust

I got this free through Kindle and I am glad I downloaded it. This follows Regina as her family tries to escape the looming Nazi threat in Poland, but are ultimately captured and she is sent to Auschwitz. It's written as if she is just telling her story and it has been put straight into print. So it's not very polished. It reads like she is just telling you her story. I did not mind that considering the nature of the book. It makes it more personal. The horrors she has endured are disturbing and heartbreaking, and I know that her story is just one of millions.

I am not sure if there is an actual rise in numbers of those that deny the holocaust and its devastation, or if the internet just gives them a louder voice. It seems like I am hearing that idiocy more and more. That is why stories like hers, and all the others are important. As she states in the book, she is an eye witness to the atrocities that the Jews and others suffered under Hitler's reign. Her story stands as another testimony against that regime and those that try to rewrite history.

There is another shorter story at the end. It is that of a man who was a young German boy during the rise of Hitler. That story was a bit more disjointed, but you could tell that he genuinely feels remorse for he inaction of his people while others were being tortured and killed. It seems like he is trying to explain why the German people let this happen in their back yards, but he takes responsibility for their purposeful ignorance. It is an interesting view from a citizen of a nation that was swept away by Hitler's cunning propaganda.