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Chargement... A Match Made in Hell: The Jewish Boy and the Polish Outlaw Who Defied the Nazispar Larry Stillman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Fascinating account of the lives of Jan Kopeck and Moniak Goldner are revealed in this well -written book by author Larry Stillman. The survival of these two men who hid together in the forests in Poland during the war makes for an exciting tale which includes a recounting of Nazi horrors and family losses. Despite the difficulty of hearing about the wicked acts of Nazis and the cooperation of many Poles, this book is worth reading to get a better understanding of the German mind and the Polish response to the Hitler's "Jewish problem". The only problem one has after reading this book is finding a way to forgive Germany and Poland for their inhumanity. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"When Moniek (Morris) Goldner and his family were uprooted from their Polish farming village during a German aktion, the child-sized sixteen-year-old fled into the forests. He eventually met up with his father, who had also escaped, and together they managed to survive until a former friend betrayed the pair. Wounded and left for dead beneath his father's murdered body, Goldner was rescued by the enigmatic outlaw Jan Kopec, who was also in hiding, looking for ways to profit from his criminal expertise." "For eighteen months Kopec hid the boy with him, moving from one area to another, often staying in hideouts he had fashioned years earlier. At first Kopec trained Goldner simply to serve as his accomplice in robberies and black market activities. But before long he pushed the training to a whole new level, making it possible for him to sell Goldner's services to a shadowy resistance group which was becoming interested in the daring young saboteur." "And, through it all, these two disparate personalities - the quiet, small-framed boy and the stocky, callous mercenary - forged a remarkable friendship and co-dependency born of need and desperation in a hellish time and place."--Jacket. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It does contain two descriptions, one witnessed by the author, and one anecdote from a concentration camp talking about how Jewish babies were killed. Tears filled my eyes reading about these two instances. How can monstrosities perpetrated on helpless children be acceptable to so many people. Isolated instances, while none the less terrible, are easier to comprehend in that one or two people can be easily viewed as outsiders and crazy. But these actions were done with the full knowledge and support of hundreds and cooperation of thousands. The author asks where was God while this was happening and struggled with that question. It is times like these that the answer is difficult to understand.
The book did remind me of the movie Defiance, about Polish Jews that hid in the woods from the Nazis and managed to escape capture and death that way. This book talks about interactions with people that lived that story.
Well written and worth the read if the subject matter sounds interesting. ( )