This is book number five in the series of Auschwitz stories told by people who were at the dreaded camp during the time the holocaust was actually taking place. In this installment, a prisoner records events that occurred daily and which should have been shocking but were shrouded in pretense as guards got used to doing intense evil.
Lamentations are made over how easy it was to fool visiting red cross tour groups, and over how devastating the 'Jewish rat' situation had become. Here, we uncover the daily lives of those slated for the Birkenau work camp, and the duties they performed. Of particular interest were the deplorable conditions that they worked under.
We also are exposed, for the first time, to a strange contradiction that seemed to permeate the camp. Many struggled to survive at all costs, and did so under inhumane and incredibly harsh conditions. Others, however, merely wanted to quietly end it all.
The struggle of the human spirit to persevere is documented, and as usual, the depths of human depravity in the Nazi regime are recorded. This would seem to be Amy's most profound and shocking installment to date. As was the case with many surviving diaries, pages were rolled up and inserted into bottles, which were then hidden in the earth.
"Staying Alive" is one such set of rolled up pages that escaped destruction and survived in a bottle so that we can read it. This diary was translated from its original Polish into English.
This is book number five in the Amy Cravitz Auschwitz diary collection.
Lamentations are made over how easy it was to fool visiting red cross tour groups, and over how devastating the 'Jewish rat' situation had become. Here, we uncover the daily lives of those slated for the Birkenau work camp, and the duties they performed. Of particular interest were the deplorable conditions that they worked under.
We also are exposed, for the first time, to a strange contradiction that seemed to permeate the camp. Many struggled to survive at all costs, and did so under inhumane and incredibly harsh conditions. Others, however, merely wanted to quietly end it all.
The struggle of the human spirit to persevere is documented, and as usual, the depths of human depravity in the Nazi regime are recorded. This would seem to be Amy's most profound and shocking installment to date. As was the case with many surviving diaries, pages were rolled up and inserted into bottles, which were then hidden in the earth.
"Staying Alive" is one such set of rolled up pages that escaped destruction and survived in a bottle so that we can read it. This diary was translated from its original Polish into English.
This is book number five in the Amy Cravitz Auschwitz diary collection.
