Sunday, June 30, 2013

BOY 30529 : A MEMOIR
by Felix Weinberg

When Felix Weinberg was twelve years old, his idyllic world fell apart. His family was Czech and quite respectable. That meant nothing to the Nazis when they invaded. Felix's father had already left for England hoping that he could arrange to have his wife and two sons emigrate there. Unfortunately, it was too late. Over the next several years, Felix would survive five concentration camps and a Death March. He lost his mother and his younger brother in the camps. When he was finally liberated, Felix would reunite with his father in Britain. 
For a sparse book (165 pages), there's enough information to give you an idea of what happened during the Holocaust. The writing, though, leaves a lot to be desired. It's dry and slow-going. There's also numerous editing problems with missing words and misspellings. 
So many books on the Holocaust have been written during the past thirty plus years and only a select few have been highly readable. This book is not one of them.
Not recommended.

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