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good read, although for me I would have preferred it to read more like personal stories than as facts but then again some of these stories are about people who have already passed away and so they can't be put in the persons own words.
I think it's an excellent book if you haven't already read many books on the Holocaust but for me, I felt I was rereading things I already know again not really the fault of this book but more about the time in which I read it.
I had read the full book of the man who broke into Auschwitz already so that was just a repeated reading section for me,
I do think though that it's a great book in so much as it highlights some of the unsung heroes of the Holocaust, people whose names aren't maybe known worldwide but who played a part in
saving lives, . . whether it was just one life or many and that is to be greatly admired, Absolutely brilliant book. The stories were divided in to categories by location and each location was given some background to help put the individual stories into some context without becoming bogged down in it.
The stories themselves were easy to read and inspirational, and while a few of the stories were known to me, most were not,
Riveting book, would thoroughly recommend, In, Britain made a very belated official recognition of the lifesaving efforts made by a small number of its citizens in the face of the Nazi killing machine.
Britons were named Heroes of the Holocaust and awarded medals many posthumously for their service to humanity during one of its darkest times, This book tells their widely varying stories, from the Berlin embassy man who went to huge lengths to ensure the prewar exit of up to,Jewish people to safety, to the mother raising her family in Nazioccupied Holland who sheltered a Jewish youth sent to her by the local Resistance.
By its very nature, this is not an easy read, yet it reinforces my belief that where there is evil, there is also goodness to be found.
Most of all, it leaves one thinking "What would I do" Heroes of the Holocaust is an interesting take on Holocaust non fiction, It focuses on thepeople who were awarded a medal by the British government infor feats of bravery and heroism during the Second World War to assist victims of the Holocaust.
The book so divided into the areas of the world which these individuals operated which makes the book an easy read although it is oftentimes uncomfortable due to the subject matter.
It was a very engaging read although it felt that you barely scratched the surface of the individuals who were intensely brave in circumstances where most people did very little.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing and these men and women did everything they possibly could, In a sense it is a honour to read about them,
Powerful, emotional, eye opening and heartbreaking, The things I have read in this book will stay with me possibly forever so only God knows how the people who actually experienced the Holocaust and those that survived it live with what they saw and felt.
So desperately sad. This is a great collection of examples of humanity in times of trial, Those who risked livelihoods and lives to save their fellow human beings from terror, these Brits are examples of the best in humanity, It was interesting to see how people from a nation that was never invaded by ground troops but was hammered from the sky put themselves at risk for others not of their own nation.
Most of the people detailed in this book I was familiar with from reading on Righteous Gentiles before that were recognized by Yad Vashem, I liked this volume, however, as it collected people from one nation into one work and some of which were not recognized by Yad Vashem for whatever reason.
These are people that were recognized by Britain with their own Heroes of the Holocaust medal,
From diplomatic halls to occupied British soil to the very bowels of Auschwitz itself, this work covers a wide range of rescue and its arenas, It shines a light on people who would have most likely stayed ordinary under regular circumstances but with tyranny and evil taking power, they became saviors and people of incredible bravery.
I think thats why I like reading about those who rescued others during the Holocaust, It brings light to how ordinary people can make a difference and be such a bright light of humanity amongst such inhumanity,
I liked how the author presented the information as well, Nonfiction works that present their information in personal story format with each chapter being a different persons story is something I love, It makes the information very easy to digest, each chapter being one persons story, Not a format that works for all nonfiction, it works great for works like this, telling us about multiple people over one broad theme, It also makes it very readable, giving it readability to a wider audience and even the casual reader who might not look at a nonfiction otherwise,
I personally loved this work, It presents a lot of information in a format that makes it readable by a wide audience, reaching more people with stories that relate in the modern age and give us examples of how even the ordinary can make a difference.
Definitely recommended!! Hero of the Holocaust is an award given to Brits who went above and beyond to help rescue victims of the Holocaust, In this book, Lyn Smith gives short biographies of each of the people who have been honored with this award so far, especially outlining what they did to receive this merit.
Some of the heroes did not keep diaries or have parts of their ordeals that have slipped into anonymity, so Smith fills in the gaps by relating what other people in similar time and situation experienced.
Woven throughout is an outline of what was going on during WWII in Europe to provide background the book is arranged chronologically by when the people were active in their heroic acts.
This was a very inspiring read, The heroes are from quite varied backgrounds, but they all share the guts to help fellow humans regardless to what it might cost themselves, Sometimes the flow of the stories lags a little when Smith has to fill in gaps with other narratives and explanations, but for the most part it is an engaging and worthwhile read I'd highly recommend.
Notes on content: There are a few mild swear words that appear very occasionally in quotes, Also some derogatory terms related in stories, In the last story, people mention several rapes that happened, These are not described in any detail, it is just stated that they happened, No sexual content beyond that, Relating stories of the Holocaust and WWII, there is obviously a LOT of violence involved, Great read. Really informative without bogging you down, At times hard to read in places as any book about the Holocaust is, Would recommend to all, very powerful and inspiring stuff, Simply beautiful and amazing story The moving stories of ordinary people who were awarded the Heroes of the Holocaust medal for their actions protecting Jews from Nazi persecution
In March, Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognized as Heroes of the Holocaust by the British Government.
The silver medal, inscribed with the words "In the Service of Humanity," was created to acknowledge those "whose selfless actions preserved life in the face of persecution, " Some of the recipients, like Frank Foley, a British spy whose cover was working at the British embassy in Berlin, took huge risks issuing forged visas to enable around,Jews to escape Germany before the outbreak of war.
Others, like the POWs who hid and cared for Hannah Sarah Rigler as she escaped from a death march, showed great humanity in the face of horrendous cruelty and suffering.
All the recipients of the award were ordinary people, acting on no one's authority but their own, who found they could not stand idly by in the face of this great evil.
Collected here for the first time are the remarkable stories of the medal's recipients, a moving testament to the bravery of those whose inspiring actions stand out in stark relief at a time of such horror.
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