This was an extraordinary tale of courage and survival in the midst of unspeakable horrors. I’ve read a lot of books about the Holocaust, and they never fail to make me shudder in horror and simultaneously marvel at the fact that people were able to survive. I enjoyed the narrative format of this nonfiction book, as well as the photographs and afterword detailing the real people in the book. At times, it was a bit tough to follow just because a lot of the names were very similar. 

This was a very difficult read simply because of the content. I had to give myself breaks to allow the emotions that arose to be tended. I listened to this book and am grateful for this option so that I heard names pronounced correctly. I will never understand how we can treat people like this.