... Siberia, where they would struggle to survive five long years of starvation and suffering (Hautzig 12). Esther shares her feelings with the readers throughout her book; she tells us what exactly felt like to be in a cattle car full of peasants who seemed to be handling the situation in a much ... can become "monsters" and performs such horrible and outrageous things such as massive murders. Another book that illustrates the calamity of the Holocaust is Memories of my life in a Polish Village, by T.K. Fluek. In her book, Toby Fluek, a small Jewish girl, describes how her family had to mo...

• Word Count: 2685
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... Jews of Italy had little idea of the horrors of the Holocaust that was already in full swing in other countries, as they relied on censored news and distrusted BBC reports as Allied propaganda. Indeed, the Germans rescued Mussolini from the capture of Italian partisans on September 12, and set him up at Salò on Lake Garda as the head ... awaited rescue by the Russians. It was this final ten-day phase of survival, unguarded and abandoned to the bitter January cold, that Levi narrates in full grisly detail. Levi s book is full of emotion and is very insightful to the situation faced by I...

• Word Count: 4666
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate