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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

By: Daniel Mendelsohn
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060542977
ISBN-13: 9780060542979
Released: 23 Sep 2006
RRP: £18.79
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Extraordinary - By: E. S. Williams, 13 Mar 2008
I cannot think of enough superlatives to describe this book so must simply urge everyone to read it. It is superbly written & utterly fascinating. It's a cliche but - I simply couldn't put it down.

It works brilliantly on several levels - an amusing memoir of the life of a young Jewish American boy (not religious) growing up in the 60s with some ancient relatives with strange European accents; a fascinating detective story as he tries to find out the truth about his family history & in particular the six members who died; a tragedy beyond belief as we learn what reallly happened to Schmiel & Ester & their four daughters. Most people think of the Holocaust & gas chambers. The truth is that there was much more to the killing machine than that & the savagery of what happened to people is unbelievable - & unbearable. I have never read a better book on this subject.
An Amazing Search For The Truth - By: T. Summerfield, 24 Mar 2007
I have read many books about the holocaust, which tend to focus on the hard statistical facts, this book is different. In his search for the truth about the fate of 6 memebers of his mother's family Daniel Mendelsohn shows us the personal impact the holocaust had on one family. He visits Galicia & tries to uncover the fate of these family members but finds that fate shrouded in mystery & half truths. It teaches us to question historical fact as time blurs the truth - there was uncertainty as to which members of his family had died where & when. This book also looks beyond the victims to those who perpetrated the crimes & how they deal with thier past in the modern world. A enjoyable read about real peole if emotionallly draining by the end.