October reads

( I have so much to blog about this really seemed like the easiest start)

With Ryan being gone I have decided to dedicate a large portion of my free time to reading memories from the Holocaust. You know the books that are to long and emotional to read when you are trying to pump out a 20 page paper in 2 days.

In October I began with

I Survived Rumbuli By Frida Mikhelson translated by Wolf Goodman
http://www.amazon.com/I-Survived-Rumbuli-Frida-Mikhelson/dp/0896040291

This is an interesting first account of a Latvian Jewish woman who survives the massacre in the Rumbuli forest by hiding in a clothes heap then living at the mercies of strangers bouncing from house to house. The book was worth reading it really depicts worst in people during the time as people turn on the Jewish for monetary gain or favor in the eyes of the Nazis and it depicts the best as whole families sacrifice precious food and risk death to keep others alive.

Rena's Promise By Rena Kornreich Gelissen with Heather Dune Macadam http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0807070718/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link


A story of two sisters who separately arrive at Auschwitz and miraculously find each other and their fight to stay together and survive each day. Together they fought and survived in Auschwitz for over 3 years then also survived a death march from Auschwitz and were liberated by Allied forces. This book is so real and raw just scratching the surface of what they must have been going through physically  and emotionally.