Journey Through the Inferno

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Summary: An illuminating and honest account
Review: Adam Boren has written a testimonial of the horrors of the Holocaust that ought to be read by all Jews and all Americans. In a simple dispassionate prose Mr. Boren tells of the horrible events that occured to him. Further, by contrast with many Holocaust writings, Mr. Boren remained always active. He fought, first to escape, then against the Germans in Warsaw, and finally to take any moral opportunity to stay alive. This is not an account of passivity. Mr. Boren's story is especially heartwrenching because he was only 12 years old when the Holocaust began. This first hand account of teenagers experience rings through in our own age to help us take account of the blessings in our own lives and to always be alert and prevent such a tragedy from ever occuring again.

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Summary: Heartwrenching journey into the fire of the Holocaust
Review: Boren has done an outstanding job of navigating the reader through his journey of fear, loss, hope, hopelessness, and ultimately liberation. His candor in describing the horrific events perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators gnaw on your emotions and make you continually question what went wrong - how a supposedly western culture could so voraciously lose their humanity. His honesty in discussing his feelings, his luck and his journey is both heartwrenching and inspiring. If you want to understand the Holocaust by running through the woods, shivering in the rain, your heart pounding around every turn, your legs giving out during the death marches, let Journey Through The Inferno take you. I can't think of a better, more informative, more compassionate memoir of both a life lost and a life won. I highly recommend this book.