Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust
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Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust

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5 out of 5 stars an important book on the study of gender and the Holocaust.......2004-11-26

This book is an excellent contribution to the study of women and the Holocaust. Many books concentrate primarily on men and the Holocaust. This book provides various perspectives and is a valuable book for scholars and students of the Holocaust.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT RESOURCE.......2003-02-21

I used this book when I was writing the memoir RENA'S PROMISE: A STORY OF SISTERS IN AUSCHWITZ, which is the story of a woman on the first transport of women into Auschwitz. Aside from the Auschwitz Chronicles, this was the only text I could find that spoke of this transport, which was also the very first transport into Auschwitz.
This book helped me further my research and provided me with invaluable information that allowed the survivor I was writing about to validate many facts that she remembered--thereby validating her story, her memories and the truth that women were targeted far more rigorously than men. It is amazing any of them survived.

5 out of 5 stars crucial for feminist studies, the holocaust, minority lit........1999-01-18

This anthology is fascinating, moving, sad, horrifying and inspiring. It revises our notion of what Holocaust literature is, and shows us how very differently women experienced and wrote about it. The book's second section contains excellent essays about women and the Holocaust. In short, a must for feminist readers and anyone interested in Holocaust studies, genocide studies, and the literature of witness.
Uprooted: A HITLER LEGACY: VOICES OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED BEFORE "FINAL SOLUTION"
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  • BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN SURVIVAL STORIES!
Uprooted: A HITLER LEGACY: VOICES OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED BEFORE "FINAL SOLUTION"
DORIT WHITEMAN
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5 out of 5 stars INSPIRING, AGAINST-ALL-ODDS TALES OF TENACITY.......2002-02-26

This book is for you if you have ever wondered why more Jews didn't simply leave Austria and Germany before Hitler seized power of shortly afterwards.

5 out of 5 stars A TOUR DE FORCE!.......2001-12-13

With a survivor's first-hand knowledge and a psychologist's insights, Whiteman describes the incredible experiences of escapees of Hitler's tyranny.

4 out of 5 stars a review on The Uprooted.......2001-12-10

The Uprooted is story a that features other stories of 190 escapees. This was also written by an escapee herself. The stories are about the escapee's lives and how they lived during the Holocaust, in their own words. I think the book was very interesting to hear what it was like for different people and their experiences. It was surprising to see how much kinder (children) that were taken away from their to parents to hide from the Nazis and escaped. Overall this book was very good at getting a good understanding of what the Holocaust was like.

5 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN SURVIVAL STORIES!.......2001-11-12

This inspiring, ground-breaking book has rapidly become a classic in the Holocaust literature. It explains how some daring, resourceful and lucky Jews slipped the Nazi noose and what the aftermath of their harrowing experiences were. It makes excellent reading for students of all ages, Holocaust survivors, lay people and historians alike. Compelling human drama at its best!
From Memory to Transformation: Jewish Women's Voices
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    From Memory to Transformation: Jewish Women's Voices

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    ASIN: 1896764088

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    Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives. In From Memory to Transformation, women activists, rabbis, scholars, writers and artists explore the themes of Jewish women's history; feminism, activism and social change; religion, ritual and spirituality; personal identity; and Jewish women's creativity. By editors of prizewinning Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers, this compelling collection aims to define the ties that bind our past, present and future.
    Ama Adhe: The Voice that Remembers: The Heroic Story of a Woman's Fight to Free Tibet
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    ASIN: 0861711300

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    The story of a woman's, and her country's, spiritual struggle for survival.

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    5 out of 5 stars Truly inspiring.......2003-12-28

    This is a very powerful and moving account of one woman's life of incredible hardship and suffering, a personal view of the systematic destrucion of Tibet. Ama-la lost her family, her friends, her country. But, despite experiencing the horrors of the Tibetan holocaust, she held on to her identity, her dignity, and her compassion.

    Ama-la's sincere good-heartedness, rooted in the heart of Tibetan culture, triumphs in the end over the inhumanity unleashed by Mao's China. Prison, privation, and state-sponsored brutality fail to undermine this amazing woman's sense of what it means to be a decent human being. Here is a role model for everyone, everywhere.

    The basic goodness of this remarkable woman is conveyed perfectly in this simple, honest narrative. This is a story that one finds difficult to turn away from. Ama Adhe is a person the reader will care about deeply after reading this book.

    Ama-la survived to remind us that more than a million Tibetans did not. I hope that readers will be inspired to look learn more about this monumental tragedy, one which continues to this day.

    5 out of 5 stars This book is for everyone- it must be read.......2001-10-21

    Ama Adhe's story is one of the most amazing and powerful I have ever read. You may have heard of the Tibetan struggle for independence, but Ama's story will blow your mind! This book is incredibly moving, honest and one of the most important historical accounts that has ever been written. Only if you read this book will you truly understand the fight for a Free Tibet. Ama Adhe is a true hero for what she survived, for standing up for her beliefs and for not viewing herself as a hero. If you have any interest in human rights and believe in standing up for a cause, read this book.

    4 out of 5 stars Women and Tibetan Freedom.......2001-07-10

    I have read a number of books on Tibet, but this was the first from a womans point of view. To learn not only about women in Tibet but women in general was very educational. Being one of very very few to survive her prison ordeal Ama has taken the task of sharing the story of many of her dead friends. The attrocities have been played down to some extent, compared to other books I have read. Good for the sensative but curriouse reader. Worth while.

    5 out of 5 stars A True Heroine.......2000-11-18

    This is one of my favorite books of all time--among thousands of books I've read. Writing with great honesty and humility, Ama Adhe's courage and compassion shine like a lamp for anyone faced with oppression, torture and brutality for their beliefs and devotion to their homeland and people. My heart goes out to her with great gratitude for sharing her story with the world. I hope others will read it and treasure the example of her spirit. I think her book made me a better person.

    5 out of 5 stars The Voice That Remembers will never be forgotten.......2000-08-19

    This is a very powerful and moving account of one woman's life of incredible hardship and suffering. Ama-la lost her family, her friends, and her country... but she kept her identity, her dignity, or her compassion. What makes this story so inspiring is that Ama-la's sincere good-heartedness triumphs, against appalling odds, over the systemic evil that the People's Republic of China unleashed on her and on her Tibetan homeland. Prison, privation, brutality, and hate fail utterly to undermine this amazing woman's sense of what it means to be a decent human being. Here is a role model for everyone, everywhere.

    The basic goodness of this remarkable woman is conveyed perfectly in this simple, honest narrative. This is a story that one finds difficult to turn away from. Ama Adhe is a person the reader will care about deeply after reading this book.
    Remembering: Voices of the Holocaust: A New History in the Words of the Men and Women Who Survived
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    • Painful personal testimonies of the Shoah
    Remembering: Voices of the Holocaust: A New History in the Words of the Men and Women Who Survived
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    5. WITNESS: Voices from the Holocaust WITNESS: Voices from the Holocaust

    ASIN: 0786719222

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    A unique oral history of the entire span of the Holocaust based on interviews from the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum and the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

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    5 out of 5 stars Painful personal testimonies of the Shoah .......2006-05-30

    Lyn Smith is to be highly commended for the work she did in putting together this volume. She interviewed tens of survivors of the Shoah, and presents their testimony in segments gathered around specific themes. Many of the paragraph- length testimonies are soul- shaking.
    I was particularly moved by a number of the testimonies of Rena Quint who survived as a child in Bergen- Belsen through the help of others. Her description of her liberation and her life afterwards in the States, her discovery and wonder at this world of freedom is particularly moving.
    But there are dozens of others who testify about the injustices and horrors of the Shoah.
    It may seem that there are already thousands of books about the Shoah, and that another one makes little sense. But anyone reading this volume will once again understand why telling these stories is necessary and valuable.
    Testimony from the Nazi Camps: French Women's Voices (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
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      Testimony from the Nazi Camps: French Women's Voices (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
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      This book focuses on a little-known corpus of testimonial accounts published by French women deported to Nazi camps, and will be of interest to those studying modern French literature, women's studies and the Holocaust.

      WITNESS: Voices from the Holocaust
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      WITNESS: Voices from the Holocaust
      Joshua M. Greene , and Shiva Kumar
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      "Sometimes at night I lay and I can't believe what my eyes have seen. I really cannot believe it." --Helen K., Auschwitz survivor

      So much has been written about the Holocaust, from academic treatises to popular histories, but it's rare to find a book that captures the texture of everyday living in Nazi Germany. Witness is such a gem. Since 1979, Yale University has videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Twenty-seven of these first-person accounts have been woven into Witness, creating a rough narrative of life before, during, and after the Nazi era. The witnesses are a diverse group: Colonel Edmund M.'s unit liberated Mauthausen concentration camp, Robert S. was in the Hitler Youth, Werner R. survived a death march that killed thousands, Celia K. joined the partisans and sabotaged German railways. The editors wisely remain on the fringe; capsule biographies of each witness and brief introductory pieces allow the testimony to take center stage. Herbert J. was an American POW liberated from Mauthausen concentration camp. He describes how local children were encouraged to assault the prisoners as they were marched to the quarry for work. One girl:

      ...had a barrel stave. She come and she hit me with it, and I was stubborn and I wouldn't fall down right off easy. And she hit me a couple of times, and finally I went down ... and she bent over me, and she's calling me names and whatnot, and she says quietly, "Here! Here!" And so I reach up defensively and she's poking something at me. It was soft, and I put it inside my shirt. Brotenspeck--broiled pork fat between German bread. Every day after that she was there and she'd do the same thing--only it didn't take as many whacks with that barrel stave to get me to fall down. ... And she never got caught. It would have cost her her life.

      Abraham P., a Romanian Jew who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, remembered telling his little brother to stay with their parents when they arrived at Auschwitz. "Little did I know that--that I sent him to the--to the crematorium. I am--I feel like--I killed him [crying]." When Helen K.'s brother died in her arms en route to Majdanek, she made up her mind "that I'm going to defy Hitler. I'm not going to give in. Because he wants me to die, I'm going to live." Many of these accounts are painful to read, but, as noted Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer writes in his foreword, "Without survivor testimony, the human dimension of the catastrophe would remain a subject of speculation." Witness illuminates this dimension, providing a powerful and personal history of the Holocaust. --Sunny Delaney

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      A Living Testimony

      Fifty-five years after the end of World War II, the Holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow. For the past two decades, the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University has sought to preserve the human side of this inhuman era by videotaping testimonies from those who lived through the Nazi regime, a project that has led to an acclaimed documentary film and this extraordinary book.

      The Wall Street Journal called the documentary "eloquent and unsparing," and Daily Variety said it was "a staggeringly powerful record." The Washington Times said that Witness "gives new meaning to the term documentary. [It is] as pure a document as I have ever seen on television."

      In Witness: Voices from the Holocaust, Joshua M. Greene and Shiva Kumar weave a single and compelling narrative from the first-person accounts of twenty-seven witnesses, including camp survivors, American military personnel, a member of the Hitler Youth, a Jesuit priest, and resistance fighters. The vivid and detailed memories of these witnesses testify to the continuing impact of this human catastrophe, and their impassioned words lend immediacy to events that resonate to this day.

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      5 out of 5 stars profound, disturbing, a must read on the holocaust.......2004-12-06

      I read this book several years ago and it had a profound affect on me. It is divided into three sections: life before, life during, and life after the holocaust for Jewish survivors. All the accounts are first-person narratives by the survivors themselves. I believe they were all interviewed on tape for a documentary. And then they put it into print to create this book. Something that surprised me was how prevalent anti-semitism was in the years before the Holocaust. Sometimes we think Hitler suddenly arose out of nowhere with his anti-semitism. But he was actually just "riding a wave" of hatred of the Jews. The Polish people were in particular very hateful of the Jews. It really surprised me how much they had to endure before WWII even began! This book was a compelling read - true accounts directly from those who survived the greatest horror of the 20th Century.

      4 out of 5 stars What a great and Compelling Book!.......2003-04-30

      This great, compelling story of historical drama and is told from many points of view from that time in history, the 1940's. The book is set all over in Germany and is told by many different characters. I really liked how the authors described in detail what they felt when,they were being taken to a concentration camp or taken away from their loved ones. This book is a collection of many autobiographies of the survivors in the Holocaust. I loved how this author put together these autobiographies in chronological order, so it was easy to follow. Witness does a great job of telling about the memories that the survivor's in the Holocaust have had for many years. It also helps you understand what is was like for the Jewish citizens and the huge impact the Germans had on people around the world. This book is for every person that wants to know what it was like in the life of a Jewish man, woman, or child during that horrible time in history.

      4 out of 5 stars This compelling book was Great!.......2003-04-30

      This great, compelling story of historical drama and is told from many points of view from that horrible time, the 1940's. The book is set all over in Germany and is told by many different characters. I really liked how the authors described in detail what they felt when,they were being taken to a concentration camp or taken away from their loved ones. This book is a collection of many autobiographies of the survivors in the Holocaust. I loved how this author put together these autobiographies in chronological order, so it was easy to follow. Witness does a great job of telling about the memories that the survivor's in the Holocaust have had for many years. It also helps you understand what is was like for the Jewish citizens and the huge impact the Germans had on people around the world. This book is for every person that wants to know what it was like in the life of a Jewish man, woman, or child during that horrible time in history.

      5 out of 5 stars Private Horror!.......2002-06-26

      As opposed to earlier commentators I do not come from a background rich in readings on the subject of the Holocaust and therefore Witness came as a unexpected mine of memories of people that had experienced the unimaginable.
      My knowledge of the events of the Holocaust were almost exclusively from video documentaries and those documentaries had left many unanswered questions: questions about the Transportation, about the Marches after the camps closed late in the war, about the closing of the ghettos, about the long-term hiding, about the massive anti-semitism that greeted the survivors after the war upon returning "home" and finally the Jewish guerrilla bands that sprang up throughout eastern Europe.
      The remarkable thing about this great exercise is the broadness of the interviews that compose the book: the authors assembled a very wide ranging collection of these interviews that spoke about all the topics that I had only heard snatches about in the video documentaries. It was all the more remarkable because these were all primary sources-they were not what somebody had interpreted but the memories of the people that lived the experience and because of this the book had an enormous impact on this reader.
      I am a slow reader and the book absorbed me totally and I finished it in a matter of days.
      If you read no other book about the Holocaust-read this one.

      5 out of 5 stars Great book.......2002-01-03

      Although some things in the book are hard to understand(the translated language) I thought that this book was amazing. I am an avid reader of books about the holocaust and this book can give you a view from almost every angle. You can read about a young girl who survived the concentration camps or you can read about a young boy who was a member of the Hitler youth. Overall this book was great.
      My Brother's Voice: How a Young Hungarian Boy Survived the Holocaust: A True Story
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      My Brother's Voice: How a Young Hungarian Boy Survived the Holocaust: A True Story
      Stephen Nasser , and Sherry Rosenthal
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      ASIN: 1932173102

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      Stephen "Pista" Nasser was 13 years old when the Nazis whisked him and his family away from their home in Hungary to Auschwitz. His memories of that terrifying experience are still vivid, and his love for his brother Andris still brings a husky tone to his voice when he remembers the terrible ordeal they endured together. Stephens account of the Holocaust, told in the refreshingly direct and optimistic language of a young boy, will help every reader to understand that the Holocaust was real, and that, if you have enough love, determination, and will power, there is always a better tomorrow!

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      5 out of 5 stars My Brother's Voice.......2007-09-24

      Stephen Nasser's account of his horrific past gives hope to all who must overcome obstacles in their lives. This is a heart felt, love story-tribute to his family. It is a must read.

      5 out of 5 stars My Brother's Voice: a Must Read!.......2007-06-06

      This book is a well written, easily read documentation of the impact of a very dark era in the history of the world on a young man: the heartaches and suffering that he endured, his survival against all odds, and a view into his life today. It is amazing that after all he has been through, Stephen (Pista) is not antagonistic about the past. Instead, he has set upon himself the goal to do what he can to assure that evils like the Holocaust will never happen again. That is the main purpose of this book. Stephen has become a much in demand speaker who presents his message in a way that accommodates whatever audience he is addressing, young or old. I am privileged to have him as a long time personal friend, and for the lesson he and his book have taught me: that regardless of circumstances, every new day which is given us is a special gift, a new beginning, and should be used as such. Thank you, Pista. Well done! Never Again!


      5 out of 5 stars My Brother's Voice - Brilliant.......2007-05-27

      I have just finished reading this book that was loaned to me by a friend. I read it in record time (3 days) - I just could not put it down, it was absolutely the best book of this type that I have ever read. I am 60 yrs old and Jewish, read lots of books on this subject but this one was the best. It brings us up to date with his life; we find out what happens to members of his family, and himself, after liberation, which I loved. So many autobiographies of this type finish before we know how their life turns out. The fact that the author has led a relatively "normal" life, seemingly without bitterness is amazing. Against all odds.

      This is a must-read. Go and buy it now you will not be sorry.

      5 out of 5 stars My Brother's Voice.......2007-05-19

      Having read this book and seen Stephen Nasser speak, I can honestly say I was deeply inspired by both. And judging from the reaction of my classes (mostly high school juniors), I think they felt the same way. The book is a remarkably straight-forward account of his ordeals in Auschwitz and Muhldorf and the source of the courage and strength that saved him.

      5 out of 5 stars inspiring story .......2007-05-15

      This novel is an inspiring true story. Mr. Nasser was tortured physicaly and mentally by the heartless Nazis. After reading this book I realized how good my life really is. I wanted to hug my parents and never let go after I finished this book. If anyone things there life stinks, I can garentee that after they read My Brothers Voice they will have a different outlook on life.
      Elie Wiesel: A Voice for Humanity
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      • This book is very well written; disturbing, but well done
      Elie Wiesel: A Voice for Humanity
      Ellen Norman Stern
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      Voices from Vilna
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      Voices from Vilna
      Helaine Shoag Greenberg
      Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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      Binding: Paperback

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      ASIN: 0595397379

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      To my great joy, I found poignant letters in my family home describing my father's and his family's life and current events from 1930 to 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On a "roots trip" there in 2000, the letters were shown to the Director of the Vilna Gaon Museum who thought them valuable. Voices is a creative, non-fiction memoir told from the perspective of a first generation 'child'. The letters are arranged chronologically, interspersed with letters to my father telling him what I found. Sadly, new photographs show evidence of ongoing anti-Semitism. I wrote this story as a memorial to the letter writers.

      Chapter One contains love letters to my mother from my father. It also describes his desperate attempts to leave the country. Chapter Two shows how hard my father tried to get some of his family out, especially his sister married to a rabbi. Rabbis were targets of oppression. Chapter Three illustrates how difficult life became in Vilna even before the Holocaust. It was a cry for help. They knew what was coming, yet kept hope alive. I'm glad my father could not go back with me because the experience would have been too painful for him.

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      5 out of 5 stars This belongs in every library..........2007-05-10

      Jack Bershad's review is right on the button. It is everything he said it was, and more. Dr. Greenberg's Voices From Vilna is poignant, and priceless. It brings you to tears, while revealing the courage of everyday heroes. It is a book everyone should read.

      5 out of 5 stars Voices from Vilna.......2007-01-04

      Ms. Greenberg's assembly of these letters and her brief and pointed comments communicate a love affair in a distant time across the world and the love of Ms. Greenberg of her antecedents. All of this in the context of one of the many times of horrific turmoil in the 20th Century. A worthy companion to Anne Frank's Diary and other personal accounts by victims of tyrants, who, notwithstanding their suffering, look to the future with optimism.

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