Born Survivors: An Incredible Journey of Three Young Mothers and Their Unforgettable Story

Jp: I read a lot of historical accounts of survivors of the Nazi regime. This is by far the best one I’ve read with new details I’ve never heard before plus it is so well written that you can hardly put it down.

United States on Oct 09, 2023

Annette: The horrible atrocities of the Holocaust could not stop the gift of life! These mothers knew they were carrying babies in their wombs and demonstrated a mother's fight despite the unthinkable and inhumane situation they were dealt. This book was breath taking and these women were the most resilient heroes of motherhood.

United States on Sep 26, 2023

Susan Knight: Have only been reading this a day or so it's harrowing and hard to read at times but it must be done in memory of those that were so cruelly treated but survived and in memory of those who never came back.

United Kingdom on Jul 27, 2023

S.K.: A heart rending account of the atrocities the Jews had to face in concentration camps, this book has three pregnant women, who miraculously carry their pregnancies full term and what is more their babies survive. The book gives details of the horrid conditions in the camps. The book kept me on tenterhooks. These were real people, not fictional characters, and I was hoping they would succeed against the inhumanity of the Nazis. And they did! It is one of the most detailed accounts of conditions in concentration camps, particularly Auschwitz- Birkenau

India on Jun 09, 2022

E. Fernandez: An excellent, well researched, and beautifully written account of the lives of three Jewish families and what became of their survivors after WWII. It is focused on young women who became pregnant and gave birth at concentration camps shortly before the liberation.
A strong reminder of the many lives that were lost and the ones that are making sure humanity does not forget what happened. Everyone should read it.

Canada on Jul 28, 2021

TexasGal: I guess I expected it to be a more story-like about the Holocaust experiences of 3 women who became mothers during their time in the horrid concentration camps. It was a lot more than that. It grabs you right off with the personal experiences each woman experienced and photos of them and their husbands, followed by camp photos, train railways and boxcars, and later the children they birthed. Then come the actual live-account descriptions of their life during that time. It's very graphic and very descriptive. So it becomes more real-life historical. The author conferred with all 3 families and really did her homework on research, so you have no doubt it was real. These 3 women represented what fortitude and unknown strength mother-to-be/mothers possess when they know they MUST survive for the children and the hope that their husbands actually made it through the Holocaust, as well. The dream of something and someone (be it their husbands and/or families) to go home to. BE PREPARED - rough read!

United States on Jun 02, 2021

J. Lavoie: I am an avid book reviewer for Amazon.com. I have read many books in my life of this holocaust, but never a book so intense--having me feel as though I was in all the settings and partaking in the inhumane injustice with these people. It really hit home....the hatred which I have for Hitler and for the Nazi party, whom participated in his 'extermination program', by occupying just one too many European countries. And I hate to think of it as an 'extermination', as mankind should not have that opportunity!!
So many accountable Nazi's (for their individual participation in these atrocities) should have been killed on the spot...ask questions later. And I am not a death penalty person! I am a Catholic. And I do so hope that they all are all rotting in hell for their war crimes, which were beyond unimaginable.

It was extremely educational but the most emotional book I've ever read as I learned about so many personal stories that have never been told of before. This is such a historic genocide. And for those of us who read this particular book and from reading other reviews, I found that we all are able to feel that of the unbearable suffering and the unspeakable living...

United States on Apr 05, 2018

amsecretan: I had to wait a few days to compose my review for this book, as I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to put into words what I felt when I read it. I've read a lot of WWII non-fiction and historical fiction lately; it is an era that both fascinates and repulses me. Out of all the books I have read in this genre so far, this one shocked me the most. This book covers a topic that most people probably do not think about when it comes to the concentration camps in and around Germany - women who were pregnant, or even more mind-boggling, BECAME pregnant while in the camps. This book is the story of three of those women, and it is both heartbreaking and mind-blowing. Holden does a really good job of showing the mindset of many Jews during the early years of the war, when for some life was just becoming inconvenient, perhaps a little strange, but never dreaming of the atrocities the next few years would bring. The background for each woman's own portion of the book gives a wonderful insight into the lives of Jewish families at the beginning of the war, and this really connects the reader to each of them, knowing what is at stake for each character. It highlights the unexpected...

United States on May 24, 2017

Gloria Newhouse: Beautifully researched with great sensitivity. One of the most moving books I've read on the Holocaust Should be as cool text along with Ellie weisel's "night"

Australia on Oct 12, 2016

francisco sanchez sanchez: Duro pero muy buen libro.
Sin duda uno de los mejores libros que he leído.
Basado en hechos reales.
Un 10.

Spain on Aug 24, 2016