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abrswf's review against another edition
4.0
A remarkable collection
It is always hard to personalize the human beings who died in the Holocaust. There were so many, and so much historic knowledge and cultural context died with them. This book gives voice and life to a wide variety of young Jews swept up in that huge event. Some died, some survived, but their young voices were preserved in amber by this diverse collection. This book was hard to read but it also remains with me as though I met each of them in life. I recommend the two appendices as well, which are a great reminder that the diarists preserved in the central part of the book were far from the only young people who chronicled what happened. May we always hear each of their voices in our minds, and honor them.
It is always hard to personalize the human beings who died in the Holocaust. There were so many, and so much historic knowledge and cultural context died with them. This book gives voice and life to a wide variety of young Jews swept up in that huge event. Some died, some survived, but their young voices were preserved in amber by this diverse collection. This book was hard to read but it also remains with me as though I met each of them in life. I recommend the two appendices as well, which are a great reminder that the diarists preserved in the central part of the book were far from the only young people who chronicled what happened. May we always hear each of their voices in our minds, and honor them.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
reflective
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3.0
This book was a compliation of diaries from several young people during the Holocaust. It is always more tragic to read the accounts from Holocaust survivors and victims whose words survived, but it is even more moving to read them when they come from children and teens. I cannot imagine going through the things that so many people went through, especially as a child or teenager. This was a good book.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Diaries are useful, but in some ways they are so double edged. A prime example of this would be [b:Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl|48855|Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl|Anne Frank|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214927580s/48855.jpg|3532896]. For many students, it is an introduction to WW II. It allows young children an entry way in to a subject that is both difficult and painful. Yet, as several critics have pointed out, the diary is limited because it presents, usually, one point of view. Therefore, Frank's Diary presents a rather limited view of one person in hiding.
This collection amends that. Frank is mentioned, but her diary isn't included. Zapruder includes a diaries from a wide variety of social classes, areas, and ages. Both boys and girls are included here.
These diaries chronicle not only the experience of those in the ghettoes, but also of those in various types of camps. One gets the experience of the regular, Ghetto dweller and the ghetto elite. Some of the stories end in tragedy, others live. Particularly moving are when writers are wondering about the fate of loved ones, loved ones who in many cases died. In the case of the surviors, there is a sense of finality that comes. Sometimes in a tragic sense and sometimes with a sense of hope.
There is something very haunting about entry written two years after the war, where the diariest notes that her brother has still not returned.
I do wish that some of the photos and sketches mention had been reprinted in the book.
This collection amends that. Frank is mentioned, but her diary isn't included. Zapruder includes a diaries from a wide variety of social classes, areas, and ages. Both boys and girls are included here.
These diaries chronicle not only the experience of those in the ghettoes, but also of those in various types of camps. One gets the experience of the regular, Ghetto dweller and the ghetto elite. Some of the stories end in tragedy, others live. Particularly moving are when writers are wondering about the fate of loved ones, loved ones who in many cases died. In the case of the surviors, there is a sense of finality that comes. Sometimes in a tragic sense and sometimes with a sense of hope.
There is something very haunting about entry written two years after the war, where the diariest notes that her brother has still not returned.
I do wish that some of the photos and sketches mention had been reprinted in the book.
balancinghistorybooks's review against another edition
4.0
Heartbreaking and important, Salvaged Pages was the first published book which focused solely upon the diaries of young people kept during the Holocaust. The diarists come from all walks of life and many different countries, and whilst some accounts are arguably better written than others, each is fascinating. Zapruder has deftly and sensitively edited the collection, selecting the entries which she feels evoke particular horrors or uncertainties. The introductory pages which she has written about each diarist are comprehensive, and the entire collection feels all the more poignant for them. Not one to read lightly.
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