Review: Five chimneys
Editorial Review - Kirkus ReviewsThis is the grim story of Auschwitz, which with its companion camp, Birkenau, comprised slave camp-cum-extermination camp. To the one went the reasonably able bodied, to the other the old, the young, the sick, the useless, the ""dangerous"". A personal experience story which should be read- just as the horror pictures should be seen - by the very people who will studiously avoid them. Here- virtually blow by blow- is the picture of what it was like to be uprooted from professional life in a mid-European city and turned into little better than a beast, scrambling and fighting for scraps of food, beaten, tortured, starved, left in filth and degradation. The text has survived the ordeal of double translation (from French and Hungarian) by its essential vitality.
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Jenna - GoodreadsWhen you read a book like this you cherish your loved ones, you appreciate your life and everything in it! Our little day to day problems are forgotten as this brave woman describes all the horrors ... Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Kate - GoodreadsSome spoilers - This novel should be read by anyone who is currently breathing, not only to remind us of these things, but to ensure that we never hate another person to this level again. It is a ... Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - April - GoodreadsIf you are interested in the true crimes against humanity that occurred during the Holocaust, then read this true account from a survivor. I cried tears in the Irish chapter. Tragic, sad but most definitely a good read. Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Lori Hyde - GoodreadsCouldn't put this book down. This is a story of how a nurse survived Auschwitz concentration camp. Gave me goosebumps at times and also was saying I can't imagine the hell they endured. These stories interest me. But makes me sad too. Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Eleanor - GoodreadsCan't say that I enjoyed this book, because this is a subject not to be enjoyed but to process what the Germans did to unfortunates who were in the way of their philosophy for the perfect race. How ... Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Meg - GoodreadsOne of those books that is so difficult to read because it is so horrifying. The author in quite a clinically descriptive way tells the story of her imprisonment at Auschwitz. I am currently ... Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Megan - GoodreadsTaken. Tortured. Starved. Locked. No one can really relate to what Olga had to go through. Put in horse stables like animals. Most die a slow painful death; the only real lucky ones are the ones that ... Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - Dot Snyder - GoodreadsI am so, so glad that people write these kind of books. This was was very detailed, almost felt like you were there too. I hope man never forgets what happened here. Why it happened and how to prevent it from happening in the future. Read full review
Review: Five Chimneys: A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz
User Review - GoodreadsThis may be the most interesting book I have read on the Holocaust. Absolutely horrible and heartbreaking, but I am glad she was able to share her story and shine light on the evil in the camps that ...
