Remember Us
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Martin Small
Vic Shayne
Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. From work camps to the partisans of the Nowogródek forests, from the Mauthausen concentration camp to life as a displaced person in Italy, and from fighting the Egyptian army in a tiny Israeli kibbutz in 1948 to starting a new life in a new world in New York, this book encompasses the mythical “hero’s journey” in very real historical events. Through the eyes of ninety-one-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.
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Author
Martin Small
Pages
360
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2017-07-25
ISBN
1510718710 9781510718715
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This is one of the best, most emotional books I have ever read. We have all read or heard about both WW2 and concentration camps (or at least I hope so), but generally from an American perspective. <br/><br/>This is the first book I've read that focuses on a Polish Jew's life leading up to and following that horror. I think there were maybe 10 pages dedicated to Mauthausen. <br/><br/>There's an almost Forrest Gump quality to this man's life, and yet there was only another ten pages dedicated to his participation in fighting off the Egyption army to establish Israel. <br/><br/>I have not openly weeped this hard while reading a book perhaps ever. It's an easy read (and short) and yet possibly the most psychologically exhausting book I have ever read. <br/><br/>I've said this several times over the past year, but this should be required reading, especially today. Decipher that as you will, but it's a good gut check on your humanity and whether or not your sense of empathy is developed or underdeveloped."
Erik Thomas