Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz by Olga Lengyel
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Book Reviews of Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
Book Review: Gripping From Beginning To End.
Summary: 5 Stars
Other reviewers have dealt in some detail with Olga Lengyel's experiences of utter horror leading up to and throughout her time at Auschwitz and Birkenau. So I will not go over the same ground.Sufficient to say that I have read so very many books detailing the experiences of Holocaust survivors, yet this is one of the most gripping that I have read to date. Whenever Holocaust books come to mind, this is one of those that I always remember.
I can only echo the author's own words about the Holocaust;- 'This must not be allowed to happen again'.
Book Review: A SHORT BOOK WITH LOT'S OF DESCRIPTION
Summary: 5 Stars
what an an amazing book! one of the best anybody could read on the holocaust subject. it is about the wife of a doctor who is imprisoned in the death camp BIRKENAU. unlike auschwitz, this camp is a death camp not a work camp where the author lives under unbearable conditions and manages to survive while watching her fellow internees give up on life. a very moving TRUE story. do not leave this book sitting on the shelf. it's a real page turner and make sure to grab a tissue!Book Review: Brutal and Meaningful
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be excellent and to the point. Olga definitely shares a grisly and visceral depiction of Auschwitz that could not be thought or made up. It depicts the brutality of the system in place at Auschwitz during the war and explains how strong (mentally and physically), resolute, and lucky one had to be to survive the concentration camp system. This is one phenominal story that will satasfy anyone's morbid interest in this disturbing period for mankind.Book Review: A Haunting Book . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book as a History Major in Grad School over 13 years ago. I have since read other accounts of this era but this is the book that still haunts me to this day. I have not picked it up since but the story stays with me as does the strength of the human spirit this book so clearly displays. I hope that we never forget the lessons learned from this period in history and that survivor stories such as this live on for many decades after the last survivor is gone.Book Review: A clearly written account of the horrors of Auschwitz
Summary: 5 Stars
First published in 1947, it has never gone out of print. Olga Lengyel recounts her experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz, bearing witness to the unfathomable cruelty at the hands of the Nazi soldiers. It expains the cunning with which the Jews and other political prisoners were tricked into compliance with the ghastly plan for extermination. Not for the faint of heart, it is nevertheless a compelling account of the depravity of the time.