In 1980, Thomas Keneally was in LA looking for a briefcase. A Holocaust survivor named Leopold Pfefferberg, may or may not have actually sold him one, but he gave him something much more valuable, a tale of holocaust heroism of which he had been one of thousands of fortunate participants. Pfefferber...
For a fictional book, I can't rate it much because it really does not feel like I was reading fiction most of the time. It is basically fiction based on historical facts but written in the feel of non-fiction. Note: Most GR readers have shelved it on History / Non-Fiction but I found it on the Fic...
I picked up this book after finishing a Daniel Silva mystery about hunting down Nazi war criminals. The Silva book was great but the descriptions of the heinous acts of the war criminals made me seek out a book that described a WWII hero. Schindler's List definitely describes some great heroic dee...
For the most part, I enjoyed this book. It did a good job of telling the story of a man who changed the lives of so many, while under their oppressor's noses. Unfortunately, throughout the book, it would lapse into these "back-story" areas that felt forced... like historical text. I know that is wha...
I live in Frankfurt and everyday on the way to work I pass the grungy apartment building where Oskar Schindler lived for about 10 years in the 60's and 70's. There's a plaque on the building with his likeness, and I find it oddly and sadly appropriate that the street is populated by homeless people ...
The Spouse's books contain many on the subject of war. I liked this much more than the film.***After reading Meaghan's review I wanted to add more. The amazing thing about Schindler is that he wasn't a particularly good man. So often, Holocaust narratives feature average people who did evil acts ...
Certain people (you know who you are) were suggesting the other day that no one actually reads Thomas Keneally. Well, I notice surprisingly few reviews here, so maybe the accusation has some substance. At any rate, I did read the book, and really liked it.Quite apart from anything else, it's an insp...
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