Thursday, July 16, 2009

68. Born Jewish: A Childhood in Occupied Europe, Marcel Liebman

Liebman's family -- parents and three brothers -- stayed in Brussels throughout WWII. His older brother was arrested and died in Auschwitz, but the rest of them, hidden by neighbours, helped by strangers and sheltered in Catholic schools, survived the war. A final chapter that feels tacked on, explains Liebman's conversion to Communism and his anti-Zionism. You can sympathise, even while doubting he got it right.

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