Highly recommend this book and the author. Donec in tortor in lectus iaculis vulputate. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and … I cannot imagine how anyone could have survived the atrocities carried out against them nor can I comprehend how any human being could treat another in the way they did. This book brought the horrors of the holocaust vividly into the open. “Brilliantly written, vivid, a powerful and often uncomfortable true story that deserves to be read and remembered. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, read by John Sackville. Its hard to read at times because of the awful treatment of the prisoners. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, Fritz refused to leave his side. Just as it was for me. Dronfield tells us that his book reads like a novel but that every part of it is the truth. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The machine learned model takes into account factors including: the age of a review, helpfulness votes by customers and whether the reviews are from verified purchases.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Gustav and his son Fritz are arrested and sent to a Buchenwald concentration camp.
It is difficult to understand how the atrocities, as written about in this book, can occur. interweaves history with personal story of survival Couldn't recommend this book more highly. Would recommend. Both Gustav and Fritz are two extremely fortunate people who survived their horrific ordeal and lived to tell their tale; something that many thousands of people did not. And that horrific strain in people still finds expression in atrocities through time and place. I was in shock as I read this book. That human beings could do such things to their fellow humans. I have read a few books on this subject but this one was by far the best. We kid ourselves if we think that man learns by history! In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis.
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. A book worth reading to remember them all by. Today, when anti-semitism is once again rearing its ugly head The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz is a must read if only to remind us where anti-semitism can ultimately lead to. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Like so many others I found this a very difficult read and read only about 30 pages a day so as I could assimilate the information. A tale that was both heartbreaking and difficult to comprehend. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The two main characters in the book went to five on the prisoner of war camps. Title: The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: A True Story Of Family And Survival Format: Paperback Product dimensions: 464 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1.16 in Shipping dimensions: 464 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1.16 in Published: May 26, 2020 Publisher: HarperCollins Language: English This was an excellent read about life under the SS in the camps. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. Not only Gustav and Fritz but so many incredible people were inspirational. We have to accept that such things happened. Father and son are put to work and are treated cruelly. It is a visceral read and I had to stop from time to time. Nunc hendrerit tortor vitae est placerat ut varius erat posuere. I can only hope that this book, while it show the horror of war and what Gustav and Fritz dealt with, that it also can brin some comfort to their families in the fact that it shows an incredible devotion to each other as well as the compulsion to survive...together. We need to know about it. Integer elementum tempor libero sit amet iaculis.