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AVASSALADOR! Este livro deu cabo de mim, . . é só o que me apraz dizer, . . "Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity, " Billy Graham
The book begins inwhen Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for school, A knock on the door, changes all their lives forever, It is not a friendly neighbor knocking looking to borrow some milk, no it is the Nazi's and they are there for her gypsy husband and children.
Being a German, Helene does not have to go with her family, but she insists, She will not leave her husband or children, So, the entire family is
taken deported to Auschwitz, After they survive the horrific conditions on the trains, Helene is permitted to stay with her children while her husband is taken to the men's side.
As many as,people were killed each day in the Holocaust,
Once in Auschwitz, she is approached by Dr, Mengele who has learned that she is a nurse, He asks her to direct the camps nursery, A nursery where children play with toys and watch movies while gas chambers are less thanfeet away is constantly killing, How do you preserve a child's innocence in such a place How do you keep children safe How to keep them healthy in such unhealthy conditions How do you take care of other's children while at the same time struggling to take care of your own
What makes this book even more powerful is that it is based on a true story.
Helene Hannenmann refused to leave her children, She did not have to go to Auschwitz, She refused to let her children go to the camps without her, She stayed with her children and tried to encourage them and keep them from being afraid, Reading this I wondered how many people were put in this situation, How many were told they were being separated from their children, How many choose to go with their family when they could have gone free, What a choice to make, Not only did she care for her children, but she tried to take care of all the children in her care, How do you provide happiness in such a place
I found this to be a powerful book that once again showed how kindness, empathy and love still shined in a place of such hatred and darkness.
That no matter what, a light still burned within and there were those who never lost their humanity no matter what they witnessed, endured or suffered.
"I believe in the sun even when it's not shining, I believe in love even when I don't feel it, I believe in God even when he is silent, " poem etched into the wall by a prisoner in Auschwitz,
How many people were aware that nursery's existed at Auschwitz How many people knew about Helene and her actions How many people know just how many people were killed there In the Author's notes he gives a breakdown in how Gypsies were affected by the Holocaust how many were killed including timelines.
It is very educational and informative,
I found this book to be well written and captivating, I found it to be a fast read as it was so engrossing, I think for some this will also provide some education as to just how many people suffered during the holocaust, How many people were targeted for extermination may be shocking to some,
Powerful, moving, sad, hopeful, and tragic, this is another story about the Holocaust that needs to be told,
stars.
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Este libro lo leí hace algunas semanas y fueron tantos los sentimientos encontrados y lo que me enganchó que me lo leí muy rápido, apenas un día me tomó.
"Los seres humanos somos pequeños suspiros en medio del huracán de nuestras circunstancias, pero la historia de Helene nos recuerda que podemos ser dueños de nuestro propio destino, aunque el mundo entero se nos oponga.
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Basado en hechos reales, cuenta la historia de Helene Hannemann, una efermera alemana que se casó con un hombre gitano y tuvieronhijos.
Cuando por orden del líder de las SS todos los gitanos encontrados en territorio nazi deben ser encerrados en campos de concentración, Helene se niega a separarse de su familia y decide acompañarlos al Campo Gitano de Auschwitz Birkenau II.
En un diario relata su estancia por dieciséis meses en el mayor de los campos de exterminio nazi,
Este libro nos relata los episodios más trágicos desde la perspectiva de una madre que amó tanto a su marido y sus hijos, dejándolo todo por ellos, aún siendo alemana y de raza pura.
Un historia durísima y al mismo tiempo conmovedora basada en hechos reales, He leído mucho sobre el holocausto, de hecho me encanta leer sobre este tipo de historias, siempre hay algo que contar sobre este episodio oscuro de la historia desde diversos puntos de vista.
En este caso, el de los gitanos recluidos en Birkenau y los ya conocidos experimentos del doctor Joseph Mengele,
Debo decir que este libro pasó a formar parte de mis favoritos, aunque tiene algunas cositas que no me gustaron tanto, pienso que es muy bueno y lo recomiendo.
Niciodata nu am citit ceva mai sfasietor! Numi amintesc sa fi plans vreodata la vreo carte, dar asta ma facut sa bocesc fara sa ma pot opri! A dat cu mine de toti peretii superficialitatii in care traim zilele astea.
E incredibil cat de snobi am ajuns, cat de nerecunoscatori suntem in fiecare secunda din viata noastra, . Ba e casa prea mica, ba e masina prea veche, ba nu e bluza din casmir, . . suntem jalnici! Mi rusine de ce am ajuns fiecare dintre noi! Nimic numai are valoare, nimeni numai reprezinta nimic pt nimeni,
Si sunt doarde ani diferenta, . . ma ingrozeste gandul la viitor, . .
Although I appreciated that this was based upon a true story, the tone of this book was way too happy for the subject matter.
For example one of the prisoners of Auschwitz actually says, “Im going to miss my barracks”, Really Auschwitz Lullaby, The title sounds like an oxymoron, doesnt it The world cannot, must not, forget what happened at Auschwitz and other Nazi extermination camps during World War II.
But “Lullaby” A gentle, quiet song to send children to sleep, I learned, however, what an appropriate title this is for a beautifully written fictional diary of a real woman who was arrested with her husband and five children and spent a year in Auschwitz II, Birkenau, in southern Poland.
Mario Escobar portrays as many facts as he could glean from records, The rest is painfully, wondrously recreated from a deep sense of Helene Hannemanns soul,
Helene Hannemann was a blonde, blueeyed German woman whose only offense was that she married a Gypsy, Her husband Johann was a gifted violin virtuoso, Señor Escobar has changed the name of Helenes husband and children, but he has kept their spirits alive, By virtue of their mixed heritage, Johann and Helenes children were considered undesirables by the Nazis, Only Helene was exempt from arrest however, she protested, saying that as a mother, she must be allowed to accompany her children.
This was only the first of many, many acts of love and courage,
Like many Baby Boomers, I have seen movies and read books detailing the horrors of the Holocaust, Numbers alone do not do justice to the evil thrust upon innocent men, women, and children from Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and other parts of Europe.
We know about the more than six million Jewish souls who died at the hands of Nazi criminals, We know that others homosexuals, “mentally deficient”, physically disabled, and those who tried to assist members of these groups were also put into the camps.
Auschwitz had a Gypsy Camp, Thats where Helene Hannemann and her children were sent, They were separated from Johann the children never saw their father while they were imprisoned,
The conditions described are horrendous, My heart ached as I read of the filth, the cold, and the hunger, What pained me the most, however, was the cruelty of the other prisoners to one another, It was survival of the fittest, Fortunately, Helene was a nurse, and that changed everything for her and her children, Key to the story is Frau Hannemanns working relationship with Dr, Josef Mengele, often called “the Angel of Death, ” For quite a while, she was able to maintain some level of protection for the camps children, even though she was aware that he was using all of them for his own purposes.
As I read, I recalled that Mengele was infamous for his medical experiments, including experiments on twins, and my heart gripped with fear because two of Helenes children were twins.
Helene Hannemanns strength came from her children, knowing that their survival depended upon her, As time went on, she made friends and knew that if she died, others would look after them, She also held on to her happy memories of Johann and dreamed of what they would do when they were free again if that day came.
She was determined not to hate her enemies, for she knew that hatred would destroy her from within, As she observed the female guards, she marveled at their brutality and could not fathom how they could be so cruel, especially to children.
“Evil is much bigger than antisocial behavior or psychological deficiency, Above all, it is a lack of love for ones self and for others, ”
Ultimately, Helene Hannemann shows us what love is, When I reached the final pages, I could not stop the tears from flowing, When prisoners showed fear, Helene showed strength, When captors displayed inhumanity, she responded with compassion, When the terrified howled unrelentingly, Helene responded with a lullaby,
bright shining Auschwitz Lullaby is yet another heartbreaking and jarring novel depicting the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, I have trouble with novels based on the Holocaust that use the war as a backdrop for romantic or saccharine stories, But there are some excellent novels based on real events that serve as an important reminder of this dark time in history.
Auschwitz Lullaby mostly worked for me, It is based on the true story of Helene who was a German woman married to a Roma man, who at the time was referred to as a Gypsy and was part of one of the groups targeted by Hitler for annihilation.
At the beginning of the book, the Nazis come to Helenes house to apprehend her husband and their five children, Unable to let her children go, Helene makes the decision to go with them, She ends up interned as a prisoner at Auschwitz with her five children and separated from her husband, Because she is German, she is entrusted with running a nursery for her children and other gypsy children under Mengeles supervision, The novel is an account of how Helene does what she can for her own children and for the other children in the nursery, while surrounded by death and depravity.
The writing is straightforward but it works to convey Helenes story and the story of the horrific treatment of the Roma people by the Nazis.
My one quibble is that the story is presented as Helenes journal as found and read by Mendele many years after the war.
This is apparently not based on fact, It feels hokey and I felt that it diminishes the story of Helenes courage and the suffering of the people she tried to help.
This flaw is only evident at the beginning and end of the book, and wouldnt deter me from recommending it,
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an opportunity to read an advance copy, .