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Write and remember

Daughters of the Occupation: A Novel of WWII by Shelly Sanders

June 13, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Daughters of the Occupation, published this year, is “inspired by true events” and a real gut-punching piece of historical fiction. Author Shelly Sanders discovered some truths about her family’s past as Jews in Riga when both Soviets and Nazis overran the country and persecuted them. She used this information as a springboard to write a novel about Miriam and Sarah, a grandmother and granddaughter who embark on harrowing journeys in very different time periods to find their family members and preserve their history. Chapters alternate […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Daughters of the Occupation, ElCicco, Fiction, historical fiction, Holocaust, Shelly Sanders, WWII

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Daughters of the Occupation, ElCicco, Fiction, historical fiction, Holocaust, Shelly Sanders, WWII ·
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Hiding in plain sight.

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood and Greg Dawson

December 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis is a romanticized look at how two Jewish girls lived when millions did not. Told in alternating voices, the Narrator, and “Anna” herself or, Zhanna Arshanskaya we learn how Zhanna and her sister Frina, were hiding in plain sight. They performed for the Nazi command, allies of the Nazi and eventually, for themselves. But no matter how much they feared being found out, betrayed by supposed friends, or their hatred of the Nazis, they always felt […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Adolph Hitler, Child musicians, Frina Arshanskaya, Greg Dawson, hitler, Holocaust, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jewish/Jews, music, piano, Soviet Union, Susan Hood and Greg Dawson, the ravine Drobitsky Yar, Ukraine, World War II, Zhanna Arshanskaya, Zhanna Arshanskaya ("Janna") Dawson

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:405 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Adolph Hitler, Child musicians, Frina Arshanskaya, Greg Dawson, hitler, Holocaust, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jewish/Jews, music, piano, Soviet Union, Susan Hood and Greg Dawson, the ravine Drobitsky Yar, Ukraine, World War II, Zhanna Arshanskaya, Zhanna Arshanskaya ("Janna") Dawson ·
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Two books I never read in high school

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Night by Elie Wiesel

November 29, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

 November has been a sucky month in a sucky year, and on a recent trip back east for a family situation, I found that the collection of science fiction stories I brought with me for distraction just wasn’t cutting it. Unable to focus, I did the only sane thing and decided to binge-watch seasons 2 and 3 of The Office. After Michael Scott restored the humors in my brain, I raided my sister’s bookcase, where I found a number of books that have been languishing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cbr12, elie wiesel, high school reading, Holocaust, KimMiE", nonconformity, Robert Cormier, young adult fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cbr12, elie wiesel, high school reading, Holocaust, KimMiE", nonconformity, Robert Cormier, young adult fiction ·
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I’m probably one of the last people to read Maus

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

September 25, 2020 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

I CANNOT BELIVE I TOOK THIS LONG TO FIND THIS BOOK!  For mature readers only. When I first learned of the graphic novel MAUS, I figured it was another Holocaust story where Jewish peoples were either forced into internment camps or were hiding from the Nazis. In other words, “Been there, read that.” But MAUS by Art Spiegelman is so much more than “just” a Holocaust story. It is a life story. It is a human story. It is a son’s story. It is a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: art spiegelman, Holocaust, Vladek Spiegelman

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:291 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: art spiegelman, Holocaust, Vladek Spiegelman ·
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I Will Never Stop Loving Love

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

April 18, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

Wow. Wow. Wow. This book is. Just. Wow. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Holocaust survivors Lale and Gita Sokolov who met and fell in love in the infamous concentration camp. “I tattooed her number on her left hand, and she tattooed her number in my heart,” Lale reminisced in an interview with author Heather Morris. While I write this review in the middle of a global pandemic, I am reminded that I am beyond lucky to be safely quarantined […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Aushwitz, Concentration Camp, Heather Morris, Holocaust, Love, love story, Nazi, survivor

randirock's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Aushwitz, Concentration Camp, Heather Morris, Holocaust, Love, love story, Nazi, survivor ·
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Be she Rachel or Catherine, one girl learns to survive and be free while all the while, in hiding

Catherine’s War by Julia Billet

October 7, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Catherine’s War is a Holocaust story with a twist. This time a young, French-Jewish girl, Rachel, goes into hiding but does it in the open. She (and other children) do not stay in any one place too long (usually not by choice). They sometimes are only one step ahead of the Nazis at any point. Julia Billet created (and Ivanka Hahnenberger translated), Rachel, our narrator. Rachel goes to the progressive Sèvres Children’s Home where children of both faiths learn in a non-traditional setting. We see […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Claire Fauvel, europe, France, Holocaust, Ivanka Hahnenberger, Julia Billet

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:411 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Claire Fauvel, europe, France, Holocaust, Ivanka Hahnenberger, Julia Billet ·
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