
Our Crime Was Being Jewish
Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories
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Narrated by:
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Malk Williams
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Fenella Fudge
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By:
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Anthony S. Pitch
About this listen
In the shouted words of a woman bound for Auschwitz to a man about to escape from a cattle car, "If you get out, maybe you can tell the story! Who else will tell it?"
Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings sent to the gas chambers; of starving children beaten for trying to steal a morsel of food; of people who saw their friends commit suicide to save themselves from the daily agony they endured. The recollections are from the start of the war - the home invasions, the Gestapo busts, and the ghettos - as well as the daily hell of the concentration camps and what actually happened inside.
Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and this hefty collection of stories told by its survivors is one of the most important books of our time. It was compiled by award-winning author Anthony S. Pitch, who worked with sources such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to get survivors' stories compiled together and to supplement them with images from the war. These memories must be told and held on to so what happened is documented; so the lives of those who perished are not forgotten; so history does not repeat itself.
©2015 Anthony S. Pitch (P)2015 Audible, Inc.Never again can this happen
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Especially new generations and those without a detailed knowledge of WWII.
Such books help us guard against a repeat of the horrors of National Socialism.
For balance I should say there were a few parts of a few accounts that sounded unbelievable.
E.g. Jewish babies torn limb from limb by German soldiers. And Jewish children pushed live into burning trenches. I know of no evidence of either of those things happening. And it is also beyond belief. They sound more like 'urban myths' of the time.
I think only eye witness accounts should have been used, of actual events.
Real things that happened are so awful and evil that those first accounts should be concentrated on.
I believe that every person alive on this planet today should have a working knowledge of what really happened.
But also that history should be 'perfectly' fact based.
You have a duty to listen to this book.
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Harrowing but an absolute must read/listen
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. I think everyone should read this and think of it's implications today.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I don't think anyone could listen to this without being emotionally stunned.Any additional comments?
This is not a narrative.Simply the voices of survivors, telling of the horror endured. Sadly very few of whom have lived into the 21st Century.
Luckily their testament has been recorded in print, on film and tape, to stand as an indictment of horror for all time.
Their Voices, their Truth.
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Must known
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This is a tough listen, but their stories need to be told.
Never Forgive,
Never Forget,
Never Again.
An extremely harrowing read.
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The German death camps and the survivors stories.
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I have learnt something new about the Holocaust survivors and the Gods strength behind every testimonies
It’s was difficult for me to ear these chocking testimonies
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What I would say about this book however is the reference numbers being constantly read out is as bad as the tattooing of the numbers on these peoples arms surely their names should be enough
The terrible accents of the narrators was very annoying and rather disrespectful too I felt
The worst of human nature
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Understanding our meaning.
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