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The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister - Community Reviews back

by Nonna Bannister, Carolyn Tomlin, Denise George
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madbkwm
madbkwm rated it 13 years ago
So...one certainly feels like one can't critique a diary of a young girl during WWII; and yet, this book was really quite terrible. I blame the editors. There was so much repetition (and yet so much still missing). We hear several stories twice; the editors feel the need to insert footnotes within...
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 13 years ago
Browsing through my Nook and Kindle books, I came across this one on my Nook, and I decided to have a look at it. After reading barely 40 pages, I was so sad that I had to stop for awhile, but I knew that if I didn't read this one, in one sitting, I might never return to it because of the extreme em...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 14 years ago
NO SPOILERS!!!This book recounts the life of Nonna Lisowskaja Bannister. It is another biography based on a woman living through the holocaust. However, Nonna is not Jewish. She was raised according to the practises of the Russian Orthodox Church. Her grandfather was a Cossack and although he dies ...
closedthecover
closedthecover rated it 14 years ago
I finished reading “The Secret Holocaust Diaries” by Nonna Bannister today. It was not what I had expected it to be but I was pleasantly surprised.I had expected it to be similar to “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank but it wasn’t, and for very good reasons. Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl...
Dem
Dem rated it 56 years ago
An inspiring and tender story of a holocaust survivor heartbreaking and yet heartwarming with lovely insights into a russian childhood traditions and memories that make this books a memorable read.I really enjoyed this story of Nonna Bannister a Russian Orthodox girl born to wealthy parents who fl...
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