The interviews consisted of Jews, political prisoners (mainly from the left) and a few resistance fighters. The first section was not of much interest, but several of the interviews were very interesting. The first section was a psychological analysis of the results of captivity followed by a second section which included the conversations, numerous interviews with individuals in the camps. I'm glad I read it, even though it was hard going at times.more Some of the stories are actually quite inspirational. It's not even all negative and depressing, as this book is as much about these people's lives after the war as it is about their time in the camps. It's not even all negative and depressing, as this book is as much about these people's lives after the war as it is abou While I was more than a bit irked by the author's assertation in the introductory section of this book that even modern Germans who were born after the war and therefore had absolutely nothing to do with it should still feel some kind of cultural guilt about the holocaust, this book is still definitely worth reading for the firsthand accounts from concentration camp survivors. While I was more than a bit irked by the author's assertation in the introductory section of this book that even modern Germans who were born after the war and therefore had absolutely nothing to do with it should still feel some kind of cultural guilt about the holocaust, this book is still definitely worth reading for the firsthand accounts from concentration camp survivors. All have singular tales to tell of the physical and mental aftermath, but, above all, there is hope - in the words of Ben Helfgott, a Polish-Jewish survivor and chairman of the Holocaust Memorial Committee in the UK: "Better people than me died and so I must try to make my life something good, for the only way to triumph over evil is to make sure that some good comes out of it".Īnton Gill is also the author of "Martin Allen is Missing", "Mad about the Boy" and "How to be Oxbridge".more Many have never before talked about their experiences to anyone, not even their own families.
Some have remained in Austria, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary others have emigrated to Israel, the USA and England. Some have remained in Austria, Germany, P This book is a record of oral history as the author recorded the personal testimony of over 100 survivors of the Nazi concentration camps in the course of his enquiry into how they have come to terms with their ordeals since World War II.Īnton Gill has talked to political opponents and resistance fighters as well as Jewish victims. Anton Gill has talked to political opponents and resistance fighters as well as Jewish victims. This book is a record of oral history as the author recorded the personal testimony of over 100 survivors of the Nazi concentration camps in the course of his enquiry into how they have come to terms with their ordeals since World War II.