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wardo2700's review against another edition
4.0
A mostly riveting recall of a young girl's hiding from the Nazi army in occupied Holland. The author did a fine job telling her story and did so by staying with the voice of an eleven year old even though the book was written many years later. The only slightly bothersome portion was her repetition of how people reacted to what she said or did, I understood early on it was a hardship that she didn't like. She also wrote about the inevitable conflicts with her older sister in an even handed way and that added to the quality of the story. I'd recommend this book to any reader 8 years and older as it is such a well done piece on this tragic chapter in our history.
aricoy's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a great biography about a young girl and her sister living with some of the most caring people during the Holocaust. i wish she had said more about her father and Rachel, her other sister when they were in hiding.
kirstenrose22's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great little book that is about how boring it would be to be in hiding for years - and yet, somehow, the book itself is not boring. It has the same emotional detachment I've noticed in other similar Holocaust memoirs. I could not put it down, though.
outoftheblue14's review
3.0
(in realtà questa edizione ha 225 pagine, non 53)
Ho trovato questo libro in una lista di "banned books". La ragione era, mi sembra di ricordare, "violenza". Allora, se questo è un libro violento, è necessario bandire tutti i libri per ragazzi che trattano anche solo marginalmente il tema della seconda guerra mondiale e dei campi di concentramento. Le violenze sugli ebrei non vengono descritte dettagliatamente e la protagonista non vi assiste neanche, ma le vengono raccontate. Su un giornale clandestino Annie scopre cosa succede davvero agli ebrei caricati su treni e camion e spediti nei famosi "campi". Il 95% dei libri per ragazzi che tratta il tema della guerra e/o delle persecuzioni razziali contro gli ebrei è più violento e dettagliato di questo. Ma è perché la guerra è violenta di per sè, non si può trattare questo tema e aspettarsi picnic in campagna.
Ho trovato questo libro in una lista di "banned books". La ragione era, mi sembra di ricordare, "violenza". Allora, se questo è un libro violento, è necessario bandire tutti i libri per ragazzi che trattano anche solo marginalmente il tema della seconda guerra mondiale e dei campi di concentramento. Le violenze sugli ebrei non vengono descritte dettagliatamente e la protagonista non vi assiste neanche, ma le vengono raccontate. Su un giornale clandestino Annie scopre cosa succede davvero agli ebrei caricati su treni e camion e spediti nei famosi "campi". Il 95% dei libri per ragazzi che tratta il tema della guerra e/o delle persecuzioni razziali contro gli ebrei è più violento e dettagliato di questo. Ma è perché la guerra è violenta di per sè, non si può trattare questo tema e aspettarsi picnic in campagna.
premium_huhn's review against another edition
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
Die Geschichte der 9-Jährigen jüdischen Annie, die sich während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in den Niederlanden gemeinsam mit ihrer Schwester jahrelang bei Bauern verstecken musste. Das autobiographische Buch erzählt aus der Sicht des Kindes episodenhaft, wie sie die Jahre erlebte - zwischen dem gewissen Unverständnis eines Kindes, was vor sich geht, der Angst, entdeckt zu werden, dem Wunsch und körperlichen Bedürfnis, das Haus verlassen zu können, und dem einfachen Alltag mit der Familie, die sie versteckt hielten.
Das Buch stand noch im Regal in meinem alten Kinderzimmer. Ist vermutlich eins der alten Bücher meiner Mutter und ich habs zu meiner Schande jetzt erst gelesen. Mit über 15 jahren auf dem to-read-Stapel wohl ein neuer Rekord, dabei liest es sich schnell weg.
Eine Sternebewertung gebe ich hier nicht ab, das kommt mir zweckbefreit und pietätlos vor. Ein beeindruckendes und nahbares Buch. Die Autorin hat es geschrieben, um ihren eigenen Kindern ihre Erlebnisse näherzubringen und es liest sich dadurch so, als würde einem die Geschichte aus der Erinnerung erzählt werden. Ich fand das sehr angenehm, weil es den Schrecken so persönlich und greifbar macht, und bei aller Fürchterlichkeit auch Platz für Menschliches lässt.
Das Buch stand noch im Regal in meinem alten Kinderzimmer. Ist vermutlich eins der alten Bücher meiner Mutter und ich habs zu meiner Schande jetzt erst gelesen. Mit über 15 jahren auf dem to-read-Stapel wohl ein neuer Rekord, dabei liest es sich schnell weg.
Eine Sternebewertung gebe ich hier nicht ab, das kommt mir zweckbefreit und pietätlos vor. Ein beeindruckendes und nahbares Buch. Die Autorin hat es geschrieben, um ihren eigenen Kindern ihre Erlebnisse näherzubringen und es liest sich dadurch so, als würde einem die Geschichte aus der Erinnerung erzählt werden. Ich fand das sehr angenehm, weil es den Schrecken so persönlich und greifbar macht, und bei aller Fürchterlichkeit auch Platz für Menschliches lässt.
postitsandpens's review against another edition
5.0
Memoirs about people's experiences during the Holocaust are always hard to rate and review, because their stories are being written and shared so that others can learn what they went through, in the hopes anything like this happening again can be prevented. This book was clearly written for children to digest, so a lot of the horrors that were revealed to have happened are a bit more glossed over or implied, rather than recounted explicitly on the page. The author was 8 years old when World War II began, and spent two years hiding in a Dutch family's upstairs room along with her older sister, Sini. It's told from her childhood point of view, which actually made it more impactful to read as an adult. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who is remotely interested.
19paws's review against another edition
5.0
This is the author’s own story—-written for her children—-of what it was like to live in a single room for three years, hiding from the Nazis, and losing precious years of childhood. She was 8 years old when she went into hiding along with her teenage sister. Because she lived this story and is a fine writer, Johanna Reiss does an outstanding job of depicting what a life in hiding is like for a child, especially one who doesn’t quite understand what is at stake. She also portrays her protectors—-an uneducated farm family--with warmth and honesty. They were frankly terrified and not very enthusiastic at first, but found themselves drawn into a commitment to keep the girls safe for the rest of the war against some incredible odds. Holocaust memoirs tend to be extraordinary, and this one is no exception.