"Exploring the Tragic History of Auschwitz: A Book by Wind Eddy de Koning"

Amazon Customer: Difficult to read at times, it describes the full horrors of Auschwitz but also highlights great human resolve to survive.

United Kingdom on Oct 07, 2023

Frank: War ein Geschenk für eine englische Freundin, die sich sehr für das Thema interessiert. Bemängelt wurde von ihr, der einfache Schreibstil sowie der Autor, der seine selbsterlebte Geschichte aus der Perspektive einer anderen Person beschreibt.
Aufgrund dessen bekommt man keinen richtigen Zugang, welcher der Ernsthaftigkeit desThemas angemessen wäre.
Habe einige Seiten selbst gelesen und kann es bestätigen. Die Geschichte versiegt in Langeweile!

Germany on Oct 02, 2022

Ann: Having visited Auschwitz twice before the museum became a must on people's bucket list, I saw the harshest conditions there, and after having read the script near the gate, where visitors are advised to "conduct yourselves to respect the dignity of the people who suffered here" reading this book took me back there. Its a story of realistic conditions that the author and others had to live through. A good read all round.

United Kingdom on May 05, 2022

rodders69: Most books about the death camp refer to Auschwitz, but are usually about Birkinau, the purpose built extermination centre next to the original, brick camp. This book tells the story of those in this original camp. The hospitals where the experiments were carried out by Joseph Mengele and his 'medical' team. No less horrific than Birkinau, This is the tale of the Jewish medics that were used to man the hospital blocks. No real medications, the same harsh treatments and the same eventual fate. Not the work of a master wordsmith, it is still a fascinating read.

United Kingdom on Aug 17, 2021

Kindle Customer: This was likely the first post-war account of Auschwitz written. It is raw and very real. It gives an overview of camp life and it's structure that I have never read. The love story is equally poignant. I read and re-read the the Discovery section at the back of the book. Those sections complete the story. The psychological essay written by the author after the war was also an analysis I have never heard. This is an important work. We MUST never forget.

Canada on Apr 29, 2020

C. Jack: I've never understood why Victor Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning was so well received. It is not written well and really needed a good editor. Yet it still sold well; still does. This is contrasted by this story -- Eddy's story -- it just flows. This book is very hard to put down. It was written during stolen moment while during this ordeal. From the time when he states, "Why did I say I was a Jew when asked?" to the liberation, you get a peak at life before, during and after Auschwitz, and that some really knew what it meant to be sent there. Then there is the "appearances" the Germans did for the so call auditors who were checking in to make sure the prisoners were not being mistreated, until the fateful time when all pretense was set aside.

It's also sad that this was buried, that the West never knew this manuscript existed until essentially now. This belongs aside the Diary of Ann Frank, and Hiroshima. They color this time with heart and the horror of events you cannot escape.

I initially purchased the electronic version because I would not have received the physical copy in time for a trip, and they physical copies were not yet available. I knew this was not...

United States on Feb 03, 2020

Serenity...: This was written in Auschwitz after this concentration camp of horrors was liberated. The author remained in the camp and wrote this horrific and haunting story of the life he had been subjected to from 1943 to liberation. Of particular interest to the reader is the fact that his wife, Friedel, was also imprisoned there...in Cell Block 10 whereas the Dr. was in Cell Block 9. It is also written in the voice of Hans van Don as the memories were too fresh to reflect in the first person.

What separates this one from the numerous others I have recently read is the fact that the daily (almost minute by minute) account will afford the readers a glimpse like no other previously. In addition, I feel, the fact that his wife, Friedel is in the location where Dr. Josef Mengele is conducting his 'experiments' on the women...including Greek women. We are given information about those horrendous experiments which will cause angst to the readers.

Life inside this concentration camp ...Auschwitz, is governed by two gongs..One in the morning which is the signal to rise (and undoubtedly not shine so well) to the evening gong when it is finally time to go to your bed.. There could also...

United States on Jan 21, 2020