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Book Review: The Watchmakers Daughter by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: The Watchmakers Daughter by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookMay 1, 2025

This is a fascinating book, full of brave people who must be remembered. I believe they are honored in the Netherlands, Israel and other nations, and rightly so

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Book Review: The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
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Book Review: The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

Man of la BookMarch 27, 2025

This was a depressing, yet poetic memoir. He tries to be as honest as possible with himself and the reader. I certainly understand some of the historical errors

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Book Review: I Escaped from Auschwitz by Rudolf Vrba
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Book Review: I Escaped from Auschwitz by Rudolf Vrba

Man of la BookJanuary 30, 2025

I Escaped from Auschwitz by Rudolf Vrba, originally published in the 1960s, is an important testament to courage, honesty, and selfless bravery

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Book Review: Tunnel of Hope by Betty Brodsky Cohen
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Book Review: Tunnel of Hope by Betty Brodsky Cohen

Man of la BookJanuary 16, 2025

This book, more than anything, is a tribute to those who crawled to freedom, the Bielski brothers, and the Christians who helped the survivors

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Book Review: Leaves of Fire by Simcha Guterman
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Book Review: Leaves of Fire by Simcha Guterman

Man of la BookSeptember 12, 2024

Leaves of Fire (עלים מן האש) by Simcha Guterman is not all doom and gloom. The author has a healthy sense of humor, which I would assume is good to have

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Book Review: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
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Book Review: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2023

American Prometheus is an exceptional biography which manages to weave politics, science, and humanity into an engaging story which changed the world we live in

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Book Review: Night by Ellie Wiesel
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Book Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

Man of la BookJune 20, 2023

Night by Ellie Wiesel is a memoir of the author’s experiences with his father in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald

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Book Review: Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen: The Lost Story of the Holocaust of North African Jews by Yossi Sucary
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Book Review: Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen: The Lost Story of the Holocaust of North African Jews by Yossi Sucary

Man of la BookMarch 21, 2023

Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen (בנגאזי–ברגן־בלזן ) Yossi Sucary tells of the plight of North African and Libyan Jews during World War II

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Book Review: The Confidante by Christopher C. Gorham
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Book Review: The Confidante by Christopher C. Gorham

Man of la BookFebruary 21, 2023

A biography of Anna Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who helped millions of Americans through legislation, competence, and leadership

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Audiobook Review: The Pharmacist of Auschwitz Patricia Posner
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Audiobook Review: The Pharmacist of Auschwitz Patricia Posner

Man of la BookJanuary 3, 2023

The Pharmacist of Auschwitz is an engrossing book. I was fascinated by two aspects of the book, the role of business in the killing, and Nazi hunters

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