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Book Review of Five Chimneys : A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz

Five Chimneys : A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
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Shortly after World War II, I was living in Japan attending the eighth grade, about 13 years old. A friendly neighbor gave me a copy of this book to read and keep. I was fascinated with the holocaust then and have been ever since. The thought of the cruelty of the Nazis is beyond belief. I have read many good books about the cruelty to the Jews since, but this one remains so fresh in my mind. I can't really improve on the other reviewers' reviews except to say it is an excellent book. It should be required reading in school. Then we might stop hearing the lament "but how do we know it really happened." I give it five stars.