Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz by Olga Lengyel

Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz

Olga Lengyel

232 pages first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need t...

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emotional 94%
sad 88%
dark 76%
reflective 58%
informative 52%
challenging 29%
tense 23%
inspiring 17%
hopeful 11%
adventurous 5%

Pace

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fast 13%
slow 6%

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