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Summary: An invaluable book
Review: I have not watched the film before. It is very good to reduce the text into writing so that anyone who have not watched the film can still read the chilling accounts of the eye-witnesses. It is especially interesting to hear the accounts from the Poles and the Germans albeit they are rather brief. Further, it will be easier for the readers if the book has contents and index.4/3/2001
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Summary: One of the best books I have read on the Holocaust
Review: I have taken a Holocaust class before and read many of the so-called classics in the genre, (for example, "Night" by Elie Wiesel), and prior to reading this book, I had thought, "This way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" by Borowski as the best piece of writing to explain something as unexplainable as the Holocaust. "Shoah" changed all that. This book, in a nutshell, explains the matter completely and throughly without pretense or melodrama. It captures the horror matter of factly, as Borowski had done in "This way for the Gas. . ." Still, if someone were to ask me if I could recommend one book about what happened or what I would make requred reading for all human beings, it would be "Shoah." I understand that "Night" is required reading for many high school students. Its power is unforgettable, and no one can deny its narrative power, but for me, "Shoah" was even more powerful because all the different voices gave me an idea of the enormous implication of the numbers. Not abstract, but real voices, person to person, all witnessing, all remembering. If I could make everyone on earth read just one book, this would be the one. Then people might understand where their views might lead them to. I can only hope, although "Shoah" does not really allow that hope. It allows me to bear witness. I have. I recommend others bear witness as well in this powerful document. One of the best books I have ever read. I recommend it without hesitation.
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Summary: An Anti-Polish Falsification of History
Review: Lanzmann did not get it right, and I wonder why. He depicts the Jewish ghettoes as guarded by Polish-collaborator police. But this is not the way it usually happened: In the vast majority of cases, the ghettoes were guarded by Jewish collaborators--the Judenrate. It was the Judenrate which played the major role in sealing off the ghettoes, preventing Jews from escaping, and even killing those who did try to escape.
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Summary: A Polish Jew, a Holocaust Survivor, Sets the Record Straight
Review: Sigmund Gorson, a Polish Jew, has written an expose of the numerous historical inaccuracies in the film Shoah. Gorson's article can be found in the library of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. Among other things, Gorson points out that: 1) Two million Polish Christians were also murdered by the German Nazis during the Holocaust, 2) The Warsaw Ghetto uprising had far more extensive supply of arms by the Polish underground than the token one-gun shown in the movie, 3) The scene where uniformed Polish soldiers shot Jewish women and children is a vicious lie, 4) Overall, more Christians than Jews perished in the hands of the German and Austrian Nazis, 5) True instances of Polish collaboration with the Germans against the Jews were very rare, and were punished by death by the Polish underground, etc. So for those who think that Shoah presents gospel truth, I would advise them to read Gorson.
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Summary: Hate breeds hate breeds hate...
Review: There is no pretense that this book or the film were objective. There is no telling of the tale from the other side. There is no argument. No walk down the Blvd of the Rigtheous Gentile. No understanding of the meaning of Nazi Death warrants issued against those brave souls who aided Jews. This film and book may be the most vicious Polish joke of all. And perhaps because of what bigotry begats, the most vicious Jewish joke also.
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Summary: Hate breeds hate breeds hate...
Review: There is no pretense that this book or the film were objective. There is no telling of the tale from the other side. There is no argument. No walk down the Blvd of the Rigtheous Gentile. No understanding of the meaning of Nazi Death warrants issued against those brave souls who aided Jews. This film and book may be the most vicious Polish joke of all. And perhaps because of what bigotry begats, the most vicious Jewish joke also.
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Summary: Embarassing
Review: This book is exactly what the title says -- the complete text of the Holocaust documentary, SHOAH, transcribed into a convenient printed form. A very valuable aid for anyone viewing the film or for teachers using it in a class. The book enables a discussion leader to re-read sections of the testimony for discussion, etc. without having to constantly re-wind the video. It's also a good book in itself, for those who prefer to read the words of the Holocaust survivors and witnesses from a book, rather than view them on the screen. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A very useful reference
Review: This book is exactly what the title says -- the complete text of the Holocaust documentary, SHOAH, transcribed into a convenient printed form. A very valuable aid for anyone viewing the film or for teachers using it in a class. The book enables a discussion leader to re-read sections of the testimony for discussion, etc. without having to constantly re-wind the video. It's also a good book in itself, for those who prefer to read the words of the Holocaust survivors and witnesses from a book, rather than view them on the screen. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Embarassing
Review: This text is the equivalent to the movie "Triumph of the Will"...that is to say, it is a shameless propaganda piece. Worse, it serves to make fun of and dehumanize a whole country. Over three million non-Jewish Poles were murdered during the war. What about their story? Most Jewish people are ignorant of the plight and suffering of Poles. I think more understanding is what is required in this world, not more hate. This text promotes hate. If I were Jewish I would be very embarassed to be associated with this viewpoint. But if this text has done its job, I would be too full of hate for Poles to care.
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