Elie Wiesel lived a normal life until the Nazi’s changed everything. Wiesel and his family were placed into concentration camps where he was forced to experience and view horrific scenes. After the war ended, Wiesel felt obligated to write a memoir to recall his experiences and to voice the millions who had to suffer and endure this unimaginable terror.
Nicholas Winston met with the surviving children he rescued from the Nazi’s 70 years ago.
Evil takes many different forms. When it is committed in the sober light of day, when it is committed for the advancement of the human race, at least in the eyes of its perpetrator, it becomes more than the evil act of any one individual but speaks to us of the barbarism of the human race.
Hitler is known for being one of the most evil and murderous leaders in history. Yet few people know that he also produced a large amount of paintings, focusing on flowers, country sides and cathedrals.
Throughout Anne Frank’s two years of hiding, she never lost hope or her optimistic attitude. We can all learn from this amazing example of enduring to the end.
Have you ever read a book that just grabbed you from the very beginning? Well this author will have you on the edge of your seat.
Dr. Josef Mengele was one of the most notorious “doctors” of world WW2. He was a scientist that served mostly at Auschwitz, thew most deadly concentration camps of the Holocaust. Dr. Mengele was to perform vile experiments on his “test subjects” also known as inmate of the camps. Not only was he an experimenter, but he was also the manufacturer of the well known gas chambers that the inmates were gassed in.
