The Extra
by:
Kathryn Lasky (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781480518841 (1480518840)
Publish date: October 8th 2013
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Interesting plot line. Gypsies, not Jews are featured in this WWII era novel. I liked the way that the author used the making of the film to explain how some of the gypsy extras were involved. I always like a bit more hope at the end. It felt like it stopped too quickly...but I guess that is typical...
Leni Riefenstahl is sort of an enigma when it comes to World War 2 history. There is a lot of misinformation out there and very few facts. She was a Nazi sympathizer, there is no doubt about that. But what this author has done, I actually found offensive. She played fast and loose with a person's li...