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5 comments about The Light After the Dark: Six True Stories of Triumph after all hope had gone....

1. This book is solely from the heart. The author certainly took a lot of time and care to research this book and wrote it with a lot of feeling. I cannot wait until Alvin Abram writes another book even a sequel would be thrilling to read once again. I have recommended this book to all of my friends here in Toronto and abroad. I am sure they too will derive as much pleasure as I did in reading this book. Thank you for making the holocaust a more pleasurable reading experience. Jane Skinner



2. Abram must have needed infinite patience to draw the details of each of these stories from their narrators. He certainly exerted all his talent in retelling them, using a flashback technique to set the scene for each one, but otherwise letting the stories of the individuals' Holocaust experiences and subsequent lives speak for themselves.



3. In each of the six stories, the subject took an active role to ensure his or her survival. During the Holocaust in which six million Jews perished, it is easy to lose sight of the individual and his or her actions. Jews weren't the sheep that history would like us to believe Abram states, there is no sense of pride in being portrayed as a victim. It is this statement that provides the running theme throughout the book that when read by a younger generation, would instil a sense of pride and lead them to the realization that a survivor in surviving was a hero.



4. While there is much to inspire in these accounts, my first reaction was of amazement at the behaviour of people on both sides of events. What a lesson in humanity. These stories make personal the atrocious events in history, the people who were the victims, and some other people who were just there, and by being there, played roles in what happened. Besides the history that can be learned through all the detail about places and events, the testimony of these people gives us much to think about. How would I have reacted? These stories enlarge our understanding of both history and humanity. A most worthwhile read.



5. Before hunger, deprivation, terror and torture, there was another part of life - life filled with meaning, spirituality, dignity, resistance and struggle, that even in the blackest moment in the history of the Jewish people, the enemy could neither vanquish nor destroy. That is the message of this powerful, moving book, a message we must never forget.

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2 comments about Eyes of the Blind.

1. Dr. Hoogstraten's account of going into hiding as a young medical student in Nazi-occupied Holland is gripping. A firmer editorial hand might have focused the tale, which occasionally strays into a few too many family reminiscences that, although adding color, do not advance the story. The tale itself needs no such embellishment. However, having said that, those interested in daily life in occupied Holland and in life after liberation will find much here that is not normally recounted in texts on the subject. A thoughtful book from a erudite author.



2. A fast paced, true to life thriller. A brilliant look at war through the "Eyes" of those who experienced it first hand. Hoogstraten tells a wonderful story, that is truely his to tell!

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2 comments about My Precious Legacy: Memoirs.

1. A collection of touching stories based on Vera Dalia's return to the land of her birth (Czechoslovakia) to find out what happened to friends and relatives left behind at the time of the Holocaust. The book represents the culmination of a ten year effort to memorialize on paper the deeds of some vary courageous individuals who risked everything to help their Jewish neighbors escape persecution and certain death at the hands of the Nazi. Dr. Dalia shares her reflections as she meets the survivors of a horrific time for Jews and others during World War Two. Thank you Vera for sharing.



2. "My Precious Legacy" is a story about the power of the human spirit. Author Vera Dalia provides her readers with a personal account of the crushing power of the Nazi occupation of her homeland during WW II. Dalia's story is a tale of victory and hope and the resiliency of the human spirit. Her story is told through the eyes of a child and her tale restores the sanctity of our humanity. My Precious Legacy is the memoir of a child and an important retelling of a portion of the history of Man's darkest hour.

1 comments about Cargo of Lies: The True Story of a Nazi Double Agent in Canada.

1. Anyone interested in thehistory of nazi espionage will find that this book is a must-read. Absolutely riveting. Highly recommended.

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