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Publisher's Summary
Here There Is No Why was the infamous Dr. Joseph Mengele’s answer to Roma, the author, and to millions of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Written to fulfill a promise made in the darkest moment of human history, this simple and eloquent story is unique in that it spans the geography of the Nazi’s Final Solution.
Ruchama (Roma in Polish), the teenage daughter of a journalist, relays to us the experiences of a schoolgirl and her classmates under the German-occupied Warsaw Ghetto. She is a witness and participant in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. After the Nazis smoke her out of hiding, she bravely faces the reality of the gas chambers and concentration camps in Poland and Germany.
Originally written in Polish, this is an eloquent and unforgettable account of survival.
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- Jana van der Bank
- 03-23-22
Heartbreaking
Here there is no why is an inspiring story of a pure will to live. So many of these types of stories are surfacing, but this one is really touching and worth reading. Words can not explain this sort of experience, but this is a good attempt.
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- Beauty&DecorJunkie
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Excellent story, but narrator's volume is too much
Incredible story, but I'm sure I would have been able to focus on it more if the narrator didn't go from whispering to a loud, frenetic tone constantly. Perhaps she was trying to give it a sense of urgency, but failed.
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The Daughter's Tale
- A Novel
- By: Armando Lucas Correa
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 294
BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France, where the widow of an old friend of her husband’s has agreed to take her in. Along the way, a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there, at the dock, Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and heartbreaking
- By INGRID on 07-06-19
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Sheva's Promise: Chronicle of Escape from a Nazi Ghetto
- By: Sylvia Lederman
- Narrated by: Gwen Trussler
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
In this gripping memoir, Lederman tells her story of survival during one of the most horrific episodes in history. Beginning with Lederman as a young girl in Poland in 1941, Sheva's Promise traces her experience in a Nazi ghetto with her mother and sister. Resolved that she must avoid the detention camp to help her family, Lederman obtains a false birth certificate and escapes the ghetto.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Survival or . . .
- By Lyric G. Eads on 04-07-17
By: Sylvia Lederman
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All But My Life
- By: Gerda Weissmann Klein
- Narrated by: Grace Conlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 827
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Story5 out of 5 stars 831
A classic of Holocaust literature, Gerda Weissmann Klein's celebrated memoir tells the moving story of a young woman's 3 frightful years as a slave laborer of the Nazis and her miraculous liberation. All But My Life stands as the ultimate lesson in humanity, hope, and friendship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All But My Life
- By cbrann on 08-06-07
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The Night Trilogy
- Night, Dawn, Day
- By: Elie Wiesel
- Narrated by: Jennah Mitchell
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66
Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. First published in 1958, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel writes of their battle for survival and of his battle with God for a way to understand the wanton cruelty he witnesses each day. In the short novel Dawn (1960), a young man who has survived World War II and settled in Palestine joins a Jewish underground movement and is commanded to execute a British officer who has been taken hostage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator mispronounces EVERY Hebrew & German word!
- By J. Winter on 11-14-20
By: Elie Wiesel
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Country of Ash
- A Jewish Doctor in Poland, 1939-1945
- By: Edward Reicher, Magda Bogin - translator
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren, Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Country of Ash is the starkly compelling, original chronicle of a Jewish doctor who miraculously survived near-certain death, first inside the Lodz and Warsaw ghettoes, where he was forced to treat the Gestapo, then on the Aryan side of Warsaw, where he hid under numerous disguises. He clandestinely recorded the terrible events he witnessed, but his manuscript disappeared during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. After the war, reunited with his wife and young daughter, he rewrote his story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By valia on 07-12-15
By: Edward Reicher, and others
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- By: Vic Shayne, Martin Small
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 326
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 296
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Story5 out of 5 stars 294
Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. Through the eyes of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Tragic and Rich Life, With Lessons For All
- By still reading on 03-17-16
By: Vic Shayne, and others
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The Daughter of Auschwitz
- My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope
- By: Tova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 227
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story5 out of 5 stars 207
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was four when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labour camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp, while her father was transported to Dachau. During six months of incarceration in Birkenau, Tova witnessed atrocities that she could never forget, and experienced numerous escapes from death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic memoir
- By Amazon Customer on 11-19-22
By: Tova Friedman, and others
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29,380
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26,290
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Story5 out of 5 stars 26,152
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (German for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism - but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A hopeful perspective on a harrowing time
- By melyssa57 (A Page Before Bedtime dot com) on 10-10-18
By: Heather Morris
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Auschwitz Lullaby
- By: Mario Escobar
- Narrated by: Hayley Cresswell
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 808
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 716
On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helene's worst fears come true when the police, under strict orders from the SS, demand that her children and husband, all of Romani heritage, be taken into custody. Though Helene is German and safe from the forces invading her home, she refuses to leave her family - sealing her fate in a way she never could have imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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good story bad delivery
- By Chelsey on 01-22-19
By: Mario Escobar
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Eva's Story
- A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
- By: Eva Schloss, Evelyn Julia Kent
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story5 out of 5 stars 92
Many know the tragic story of Anne Frank, the teen whose life ended at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. But most people don’t know about Eva Schloss, Anne’s playmate and stepsister. Though Eva, like Anne, was taken to Auschwitz at the age of 15, her story did not end there. This incredible memoir recounts - without bitterness or hatred - the horrors of war, the love between mother and daughter, and the strength and determination that helped a family overcome danger and tragedy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Story! Listen to this audiobook.
- By Jesus on 05-29-18
By: Eva Schloss, and others
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Auschwitz #34207
- The Joe Rubinstein Story
- By: Nancy Sprowell Geise
- Narrated by: Richard Rieman
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 732
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 676
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Story5 out of 5 stars 679
Seventy years ago, Joe Rubinstein walked out of a Nazi concentration camp. Until now, his story has been hidden from the world. Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland, 21-year-old Joe answered a knock at the door of the cottage he shared with his widowed mother and siblings. German soldiers forced him onto a crowded open-air truck. Wearing only an undershirt and shorts, Joe was left on the truck with no protection from the cold. By the next morning, several around him would be dead. From there, things got worse for young Joe, much worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life changing read
- By mwatt on 03-26-16
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The Girls in the Attic
- By: Marius Gabriel
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 427
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 426
Max Wolff is a committed soldier of the Reich. So when he is sent home wounded, only to discover that his mother is sheltering two young Jewish women in their home, he is outraged. His mother’s act of mercy is a gross betrayal of everything Max stands for. He has dedicated his life to Nazism, fighting to atone for the shame of his anti-Hitler father’s imprisonment. It’s his duty to turn the sisters over to the Gestapo. But he hesitates, and the longer Max fails to do his duty, the harder it becomes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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impact of The War in Germany on Germans
- By Florida girl on 11-02-21
By: Marius Gabriel
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After the Roundup
- Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France
- By: Joseph Weismann
- Narrated by: J. Clark Allison
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story5 out of 5 stars 35
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. After being held for five days in appalling conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, Joseph and his family were transported by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp and brutally separated. A thousand children were left behind to wait for a later train. The French guards told the children that they would soon be reunited with their parents, but Joseph and his new friend, Joe Kogan, chose to risk everything in a daring escape attempt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A “must-listen” book
- By Jonathan R Scupin on 09-25-18
By: Joseph Weismann
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years
- Growing Up in the Holocaust
- By: Livia Bitton-Jackson
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,264
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,142
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
Imagine being a 13-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family - life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz, a concentration camp where, because of her golden braids, she was selected for work instead of extermination. In intimate, excruciating details she recounts what it was like.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Touching and Important Story - Terrible Audio Performance
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-16
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The Sisters of Auschwitz
- The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
- By: Roxane van Iperen
- Narrated by: Susan Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, were captured by the Nazis, and ultimately survived the Holocaust.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Miss
- By FritzFamily on 10-06-21
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Two Rings
- A Story of Love and War
- By: Millie Werber, Eve Keller
- Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson, Eve Keller
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Trapped in Poland in 1941, like many Jews, Millie Werber went from the Radom Ghetto to slave labor in an armaments factory, survived Auschwitz, and toiled in a second factory until liberation came on April 1, 1945. She faced death many times but lived to marry a good man and fellow survivor. Meanwhile, she concealed a photograph in her closet and carried a secret in her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a love story
- By Sbear on 11-19-18
By: Millie Werber, and others
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The War Girls
- By: V. S. Alexander
- Narrated by: Kelli Tager
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall