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fran_ryougi's review against another edition
5.0
Un diario straziante ma anche pieno di fede e speranza.
Oltre al diario, vi รจ la storia del ghetto di Lods, della famiglia di Rywka e il mistero sul suo destino, oltre a come il diario, da Auschwitz, sia giunto in America.
Bellissima lettura e che lascia un bagliore di speranza.
Oltre al diario, vi รจ la storia del ghetto di Lods, della famiglia di Rywka e il mistero sul suo destino, oltre a come il diario, da Auschwitz, sia giunto in America.
Bellissima lettura e che lascia un bagliore di speranza.
bkish's review against another edition
4.0
I continue to read books about the time of Nazi Germany. Someone told me about this diary that was found years ago 1945 in Auschwitz-Birkenau by the crematorium and it stayed in a family until someone realized its value. Rywka Lipszyc was 14 yrs ago when she began the diary written from Lodz Poland ghetto for the jews policed by Nazi SS guards. There was also a jewish man who managed all the activities and the business inside. This diary was eventually translated and read by some experts esp Prof Shapiro of Brooklyn College on the period of horror. It was published in 2015. in
Its as if the book is in two parts. First is various people writing about the diary and the times and the girl Rywka. then there is the diary. In the first part there are sentences written by her that are from the diary.
It is quite extraordinary. The diary itself is only a brief period of time and only when she was in the ghetto. It ends abruptly and it is said that she was sent to Auschwitz and survived to die after she was liberated. She could have been a beautiful successful woman and that was not possible with the hatred and violence of the nazi germans and others who joined them. When the diary begins she has already known the death of both parents and a brother and sister and it is now her and a sister. It is said that two people survived in the family - two women
Judy
Its as if the book is in two parts. First is various people writing about the diary and the times and the girl Rywka. then there is the diary. In the first part there are sentences written by her that are from the diary.
It is quite extraordinary. The diary itself is only a brief period of time and only when she was in the ghetto. It ends abruptly and it is said that she was sent to Auschwitz and survived to die after she was liberated. She could have been a beautiful successful woman and that was not possible with the hatred and violence of the nazi germans and others who joined them. When the diary begins she has already known the death of both parents and a brother and sister and it is now her and a sister. It is said that two people survived in the family - two women
Judy
smaravetz's review against another edition
5.0
Read in conjunction with research into the Lodz Ghetto for a grad school project, I was not able to finish completely, but a really interesting find, I'd like to go back and finish it when I have more time. Rywka's diary was found in a pile of discarded possessions at Auschwitz and kept safe for many years before publication. Though several diaries of young people in the Holocaust exist and have been published, this one gives a unique eye to the workers (primarily in textiles) in the Lodz Ghetto, the second largest during WWII.
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