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The Power of the Human Spirit - Rated
How this young boy had the mental strength to overcome the atrocities he was faced with, I'll never know. Thomas writes of his experience in the various concentration camps without bitterness or hatred. I have such admiration for this man and his mental and physical strength. The only thing is I would have loved to have known a little bit more about his adult and family life i.e. where he met his wife and what age his mother lived to. Truly moving book.
An unwilling reader's review - Rated
I didn't want to read this book. It was required reading selected by a member of my book group. Nonetheless I settled down to it and was amazed to find I enjoyed it ! OK the treatment of the Jews even before Krystallnacht and the deportations and the story of the camp and the transportations was horrific, but it was described dispassionately and, amazingly, without real rancour or seeking sympathy. The story of this truly "lucky" child - yes lucky - which he tells himself restores faith in the possibility that there is a spark in human nature which overcomes. An inspirational read and I'm glad I did it.
Could I have survived under the same circumstances? - Rated
Having seen a review in the media in early 2009, I requested that my local library obtain a copy for me to read.
It is surely a facinating book of how a young Jewish boy survived the terrible happenings in Germany and Poland in the second world war.
I myself, a non Jew, living in England at that time wonder if I could have survived if I had been in a similar situation, I somehow very much doubt it. The story of Thomas at that time when the world semed to go mad shows the fortitude he was able achieve and come out at the end with a strong character that he put to good use in his adult life in helping other less fortunate people.
I would love to have been able to read Odd Nansens books Day by day and Tommy but I fear that they are now out of print
A brilliant life - Rated
This is such a brilliant book, I had immediately afterwards to get Odd Nansen's epitome "Day after Day" (a second hand copy was available on the internet) which mentioned his meeting at the camp "hospital" with "Tommy". How the child ever escaped the Nazis death proposals at Aushwitz, I'll never grasp - but he did and became an international lawyer, to boot! It is a book that is simple to read (as no lawyer's Brief is) and is beautifully set up: I will refrain explaining his narrative to avoid the sorrow that the book involves: suffice it to say that his terrible and deadly experience stood him wonderfully well in his eventual profession - it is a pity that most if not all other Judges do not have that colour (black through all to white) life left him with.
Do read it.
A Most Moving Story - Rated
This is a most moving story of survival against all the odds. How did this young boy survive when so many perished?
Several factors were in his favour but it was still miraculous.
I just could not put this down until I had read it all. Some people though, might find some of the descriptions of events disturbing?
