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chicleeblair's review
5.0
It feels strange to rate this as five-stars, but it’s a very well-written, well-researched book about a horrible thing.
circe813's review against another edition
Gave me nightmares
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, and Antisemitism
mybigmessybookshelf's review against another edition
will get back to this but for the mo it’s too long and not specifically related to my research
iceberg0's review
4.0
Stunning and comprehensive history of Nazi concentration camps. Very well written
katostano's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, and Cannibalism
caitlinmchugh24's review
4.0
If you read one book on the concentration camps in the Third Reich, this is the one. It shows the evolution of the camps over time in a compelling, interesting, and personal way. Having survivor testimony and memories helps make this book engaging and not dry. It also has perpetrator memories and testimony so this a balanced portrait of what the concentration camps were like.
Having prior knowledge is helpful but not necessary. I would recommend reading survivor memoirs in addition to this.
Having prior knowledge is helpful but not necessary. I would recommend reading survivor memoirs in addition to this.
bkeving_74's review
5.0
A very complete and comprehensive history of Nazi concentration camps.
This was honestly not an easy book to read. This isn't because of any dense scholarly language but the content. This is probably the most complete history of concentration camps ever written. It is hard to imagine how this could have happened but it did and it is important to come to grips with this reality. This book helps one to do that and I strongly recommend this book to get a full grasp of what happened.
This was honestly not an easy book to read. This isn't because of any dense scholarly language but the content. This is probably the most complete history of concentration camps ever written. It is hard to imagine how this could have happened but it did and it is important to come to grips with this reality. This book helps one to do that and I strongly recommend this book to get a full grasp of what happened.