I received 999 The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam in a goodreads contest and am under no obligation to write a favorable review.

This covers alot of survivors memories of their time in Auschwitz. It is a difficult book to read because it’s not fiction and the stories are heart wrenching and very difficult to read. I am normally a fast reader but I could not spend very long reading this at a time. I would lay it aside and read something else. It therefore took me a long time to get through it but I feel that books like this are especially important in this era of wanting to erase history. The senseless cruelty and murder of innocent people should never be forgotten. These women may not be more than a # in a log book but each one was someone’s daughter, sister, niece, aunt, wife even someone’s mother. They each had a story, a life and should have had the opportunity to become adults and lived long lives. Those interviewed by the author are survivors who each had memories that are very difficult to comprehend but I am glad that they decided to share their stories with future generations. May we never sink to such human deprivation again.