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A monument to the indestructible nature of the human spirit

In these compelling Holocaust memoirs, Nanette Blitz Konig relates her amazing story of survival during the Second World War when she, together with her family and millions of other Jews, was imprisoned by the Nazis with a minimum chance of survival.

Nanette (b. 1929) was a class mate of Anne Frank in the Jewish Lyceum of Amsterdam. They met again in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly before Anne died. During these emotional encounters, Anne Frank told her how the Frank family hid in the annex, talked about their deportation, and her experience in Auschwitz, and about her plans with her diary after the war.

This honest WWII story describes the hourly battle for survival under the brutal conditions in the camp imposed by the Nazi regime. It continues with her struggle to recover from the effects of starvation and tuberculosis after the war, and how she was gradually able to restart her life, marry and build a family.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amsterdam Publishers (January 25, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9492371618
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9492371614
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An important message
Review: As she describes her and her family' s story, there is an honesty and wisdom that is valuable for all to read. The writing flows and while reading it feels like she is sitting with you and sharing her story of survival and grief with you. She spreads the message of peace, kindness, and tolerance that echoes through out. Stories like hers are important reminders of the impact of hate and also the power of hope, gratitude, and how kindness can endure.

Reviewer: Thomas A. Wells
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nanette - this review is for you
Review: Nanette - you put a personal request in your book asking for a short review and that was the nudge I needed. I am a child of a witness who never talked of the horror and impact until his final year of life. I read your book to experience your story; but it opened up my story too. Your relentless recounting of the unanswerable questions and the unerasable impacts has helped me to understand my father. I cried many times at the revelations. For those reading this review - it was not why I picked up the book. But its unexpected impact cannot be erased from my soul now. Thank you.

Reviewer: Dave Martin
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well written. Needed more detail
Review: Holocaust Memories of a Bergen-Belsen survivor was well written. However I felt it lacked detail in areas. To me it seemed as if the author only gave a cursory explanation for many things that should have had more detail.For instance, her meeting with Ann Frank almost seemed to be just a footnote.Maybe she was just trying to spare her reading audience the horrors of what took place in Bergen-Belsen, but many of us already know about these atrocities. So why hold anything back?

Reviewer: Kat
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well worth reading
Review: Too many people can't understand the horrific things that were done to other humans. The trauma didn't't end with the war. Everyone needs to say Never Again.Her story is very well told.Remember this could happen to anyone a government deems a problem.

Reviewer: S. Raymond
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Another moving book about an unimaginable experience
Review: I have read a lot of memoirs written by people who suffered through the holocaust, concentration camps, and the loss of family and friends. This is another such and it always strikes me that while so much is the same: the brutality of the guards, the hunger, cold, hard, hard work so much is different because it is the writer's experience that is shared.This was a very moving book with a tie-in to the very first book I read about the holocaust-The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. The author's experience would have been similar but it stands alone as the horrifying experience of another young Jewish girl who suffered but survived.I strongly recommend reading this for yet another perspective on the cruelty of humans to their fellow beings.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Unforgettable
Review: I am obsessed with well stories. How anyone can be so evil, and the world let this happen. I would read every book on holocaust if I could afford.

Reviewer: Patricia Kuhn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Holocaust Memoirs of Bergen-Belsen Survivor Class Mate of Anne Frank
Review: It was hard to believe but I do believe. God Bless you for sharing your life. May the of your be in peace. Bless you again

Reviewer: Pegeen A.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Disappointed
Review: Let me start by saying that I am in awe and applaud the author’s strength and will to survive that horrific experience. Her’s, like so many others’, is a story that MUST be told, and I am glad that she wrote it and that I read it. That said, I must also say that I was disappointed in the repetitiveness of her narrative (which may also be the fault of the one who assisted her in writing the story) and I think there was a bit of an effort to “capitalize” on her association with Anne Frank. The book cover and part of the title that states “Classmate of Anne Frank” with photos of them put together on the cover,, would lead one to believe they were close associates in school and possibly in the camp. Reading the book reveals a very cursory relationship, if any other than briefly being in the same class in The Jewish School....Although one would possibly be drawn to this book based on the way the title and cover advertise a purported relationship, a reading of the story does not back it up nor any real relationship in camp, where the author really basically “saw” Anne before she died there. Based on my perception of the repetitiveness and the way I think the Anne Frank “connection” was used, I think this book would have been better if it stood on it’s own merit and did not use being a “classmate of Anne Frank” as the “hook”. This is the first review I have ever written but I felt it needed to be said. pda

Reviewer: Rafaela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nanette was a teenager when was sent to transit camp of Westerbork in Netherlands with her family. From there, they went to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. There she saw again her old school friend Anne Frank and heard about the famous Diary. Really hard to learn what happened to this girl and with many others during the war. Her story is really amazing and eventhough she had witnessed so many atrocities she still kept her willing to live and to fight. That is remarkable. Her book is a reminder of all what happened and as she said "this dark period of world history need to be clearer, no matter how many many times it took, so no more lives are wasted by ignorance or intolerance. This is our fight, and this is our legacy." This book is a lesson to everybody about life and what really matters, so we can see that to live is a blessing and we need to be thankful for being safe and in peace.

Reviewer: D. S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I truly enjoyed this book. It is well written, & even though I’ve read many books of stories of people who survived the horrors of the Holocaust, my mother & father-in-law were in Auschwitz, though they never wrote a book, & like Nanette’s family, they didn’t want it mentioned or talked about, this book has a charm all its own. The author has a way to describe indescribable situations, that can’t be imagined, with tact, dignity & class. The mention of Anne Frank, how she finally found her is so very touching! A LESSON FOR TODAY:I recommend to all who want to remember, & most of all, I would suggests it to the ones that do not, to keep in mind that injustices & uncertainties of the worst kind, can happen to anyone, maybe not in the near future, but it can. History has a way to repeat itself, so I’ve heard many, many times! In today’s fragile World, yes there are countries still hungry for domination, & who knows if one of them do reach their goal & succeed eventually, what could happened to the people who fall in its grip & greed? Would we be ready for this? Most Jews were not, & if it does occur, everyone will become victims of this enemy. So let’s NOT FORGET, & folks, try to read this book & others like it. The past can shape our future in a very bad way if the politics of this World keep getting worse & worse, as we speak. Listen, open your eyes & keep informed on what’s going on in this money & power hungry World. Wars can now happen at the press of a button, unfortunately. Accept your fellow man as he is, no matter what. Everybody is the SAME, as God created us, & that’s a lesson we should NEVER FORGET. Thank you.🌟💫

Reviewer: Eitan Altman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This enthralling book goes way beyond a mere collection of memoriesand its author is much more than just the room-mate ofanother much more famous author.In her book we discover a whole life philosophy. It was one that helped Nanettesurvive the Holocaust. Having been surrounded by friendshipand love before the war, she was able to find the strength to survive the worst. strengthened her and helped her survive the worst) She not only fought for her own survival but she also fought so as to be the voice for so many others who did not survive.The book presents a historical background that puts the author's own story into context.Nanette has a universal attitude to the Holocaust:her own suffering does not prevent her from reminding us of the sufferinginflicted by the Nazis on homosexuals, gypsies and communists. She warns us that"If we do not learn, another group may become the victim again ". Thisis so different than the "eye for an eye" approach that perpetuates sufferingand leads nowhere. It cannot bring hope. Indeed Nanette states:"Love and friendship were our only means of hope".The author uses a particular style of language: she frequently uses understatements as if to shield the reader for a momentfrom the persisting pain.Over and over, Nanette asks herself what jews did to deservedehumanisation and extermination. But she also askscritical questions to other people: those who let it all happen.Why was the train to Bergen Belsen not bombarded?Why did the Dutch government not offer compensation forthe family house that had been confiscated by the government?

Reviewer: Marianne H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Written with so much love, which shows once again that Holocaust survivors might have lost their Families but there soul was newer taken from them.

Reviewer: Paul fairchild
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book was so good ,a look into horrors of the war from the minds and time spent in the camps an engaging book well recommended.