Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Twins of Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor, Lisa Rojany Buccieri

9 reviews

emmajh91's review

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

oceanwriter's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Years ago I watched the viral video of Eva Mozes Kor talking about her Auschwitz survival story. Her message of forgiveness has stuck with me. I later learned she’d written this memoir. 

 

Straightforward yet impactful, the pages of this book are filled with the horrifying experiences Eva and her twin sister Miriam faced at the beginning of the war, in Auschwitz, and in particular, with Josef Mengele. Eva also discusses her life after the war and the impact of being imprisoned under such terrible conditions. 

 

While the book ends on notes of forgiveness, Eva in no way condones the atrocities committed by the Nazis, rather, she elaborates that for her own freedom, she found forgiveness was the only way to escape the clutches of her memories. I’ve found her story and outlook on life inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement and Physical abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Gun violence

rowanrelph's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Animal death and Abandonment

justrose76's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

amandamiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Torture, Grief, and War

Minor: Child death

greatu's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aridd1's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

emily_123's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

brookejreads's review against another edition

emotional sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, and Antisemitism