I did not want to lay this book down! A compelling novel which I highly recommend.

For years I have been fascinated by the stories of the holocaust and, in particular, Auschwitz. When I came across this book, I knew I had to read it. What a great story. I couldn't put it down but when I had to, I couldn't wait to get back to it. It really provides the reader an inside look from the Jewish perspective from just before Hitler's take over to the liberation. The characters seem so real in a story of history, that it's easy to forget that they're not real people. It is so well written that you feel like you're there with them feeling their pain and hunger and fears.

Another great book from one of my favorite authors...loved it and will delve more into facts of the Holocaust because of this...

Emotionally jarring...We all "know" about Auschwitz but this book lays bare the hideous reality of the incredulous conditions, the level of depraved inhumanity, & the most shocking of all, the lack of urgency to stop the Germans' murderous rampage. So powerful!