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Title: Seed of Sarah: MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR (Illini Books Edition)
ISBN: 0252062191
Author:
Judith Isaacson
Publicate Date: 1991-06-01
Publish: 1991-06-01
List Price: $19.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: hope beyond the concentration camp
This is a memoir that is easier to read than many about experiencing Nazi Germany. Nonetheless it expresses the experience quite fully. I think it is appropriate for adolescents on up. I bought it for my elderly aunt who was interested in exploring the Holocaust in a prayerful way.
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2: Outstanding - A must read
I could not put this book down once I picked it up. I have read many great books involvong the Shoah and this one stands out. Judith is such a truly a remarkable woman, that it serves as a reminder of how many remarkable lives were lost.
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3: An Enduring Classic
Among the many published accounts of the Holocaust, Seed of Sarah stands out for its amazing clarity, its portrayal of courage in the face of unprecedented crimes against humanity, and for its optimism despite those crimes. Not many first-hand accounts of the death camps center on the perspective of women. This one does, but it is also universal in its appeal and the genius of the author is that she allows the reader to be with her during the worst of the experience and to survive, as she has done, with love. If you are teaching or taking a course on the Holocaust or on World War II, this book is essential.
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4: A Survivor's Strength
I'm amazed that someone who has endured a tragic event in their life has found the stength to speak, and write about it. These survivor's had their businesses, properties and personal belonging taken from them, because they were Jewish!! The treatment in the camps was horrendous. I'm not even sure how they managed to survive. You can spend your life reading and studing the Holocaust, however unless you were there you will never really know. This book bring you as close as you can get.
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5: I cant believe it.........
Judith Magyar Isaacson tells her story of the Holocaust that speaks of those who cannot. This first person account amazes me that she has to decipher her role in life, but also has to fight for her life. Why should someone have to fend for him or herself while going through the hardest part of her life? When I started reading this book I thought it was going to be like any other Holocaust book I read, but it had a twist to it that made it unlike any other book I have read. This book I think is one of the best first person accounts of the Holocaust, its right up their with Anne Frank's Diary. She has so much courage to speak out about this horrific time period, to have the courage to tell us what you went through to be where you are right now.
Judith Magyar was born to two Jewish parents she and her family was like any other middle class family in Hungary except that they were Jewish. She was stuck in this everyday life closed off from the world until Hitler comes to power and establishes the first and second Jewish laws. During the establishing of these laws is in which she is first discriminated against because she is Jewish. Even though it happened, she doesn't allow it to get to her; she acts like it's every other day. This all changes when they are ghettoized into the center of town. Her 19th birthday is celebrated in a horse stable, when it's supposed to be celebrated at home with family and friends. That's when it hits her that her world has changed. Then they are transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where they lose their reason for living. As it comes close to liberation, the Americans are within a town away. The Kommandant all of a sudden decides that they are going to keep moving. This clich?? keeps happening throughout the rest of the book. When they first come in contact with there first taste that the Americans were close, they felt as though they are destined to live, and that someone really cares for them. She is transported from camp to camp, inching closer and closer to death. She is liberated from this hell that they have been living in for the past couple years and she realizes that she is really suppose to live. She meets an OSS officer. They get to know each other from spending a lo0t of time together. Judith realizes that she loves him when he is sent to the western front, and she actually becomes really sick because she misses him so much. When he gets back he proposes to her. Guess what she says? After years of being away from her hometown, she come back and is amazed by everything and how different it is. She realizes that she is one out of 250 that survived the Holocaust out of 5000 people from this region 5% AMAZING! What ends this heart wrenching yet beautiful book?
This book was really astonishing it was unlike any other Holocaust book I have ever read. This book would be good for anybody who is interested in the Holocaust or also if you like historical fiction. There are a couple of mistakes with the writing the first is that there are a few misspelled words. In addition, it skips around really quickly. I got lost a couple times, but I found out what was happening. Even with those mistakes it is still a really good book. I highly recommend it to anyone. This is one of the books I have ever read.
Steven Kidder "Book Fiend" (Concord, NH USA)
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