Hello, this is KA.
This time, I would like to introduce a book called "The STABLE BOY of Auschwitz," which tells the true story of a Jewish boy born in Germany who survived three concentration camps.
This book was published in August of this year (2024) and is a fairly recent book that has been translated into 12 languages, making it available to people all over the world. It's a very popular book, so I'm sure many of you who are looking at this site are familiar with it.
The book describes how the protagonist and author, Henry Auster, survived persecution, how he was treated in the concentration camps, and how he lived immediately after his release and thereafter, chronicling half of the author's life in its entirety.
Last time I introduced "Night and Fog." Both books depict events that took place in concentration camps, and some people who have never read them may think that there is not much difference between the two, but there is a big difference between the two books.
The first is the difference in how the concentration camps are written about due to the authors' different positions.
Man's Life in Fog was written by a psychiatrist, V. E. Frankl, who observed the behavior of people in the camp from a psychiatric point of view and wrote about it as a true story. However, the author of this book, Henry Auster, was a boy when he was incarcerated in the camp, and he did not acquire any specialized knowledge. Therefore, the book depicts the sadness and pain felt by a simple boy.
The second difference is the origins of the authors. Frankl is from Austria, while Auster is from Germany. Therefore, their living environments before being detained were different. Frankl led a normal life as a psychiatrist before he was persecuted. However, Auster, who is from Germany, lived in a place called a " ghetto " where Jews were forced to live, and from there he was moved between another ghetto and three concentration camps. This book describes what it was like to be moved between the camps, so I would like you to read that as well.
A final difference concerns the camps that were liberated.
Frankl was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp from beginning to end, and was released there, but Auster was imprisoned in Auschwitz, the second of three places, and he was released from another concentration camp, Buchenwald. There is a big difference in how these two camps were liberated. If you are interested, please read it.
So far, I have introduced the content based on the differences between Night and Fog that I introduced last time. What did you think? Were you at least a little bit interested?
Finally, I would like to share my thoughts on this book. In short, I would like everyone to read it at least once so that we do not forget history. In today's world, where there are fewer and fewer living witnesses to World War II, I think it is necessary to read this book and learn at least a little about past events so that we do not forget history and let the same thing happen again. I would definitely recommend reading it.
This book is nearly 300 pages long, so it may seem like a lot to those who don't read many books, but the content is divided into 57 chapters, each of which is about 3 to 4 pages long, so you can read it in a creative way, such as reading one chapter a day. I also read it in small chunks over several days.
If you find this blog even slightly interesting, please look for it at your local bookstore and read it. I look forward to any comments you may have.
This concludes the introduction to "The STABLE BOY of Auschwitz"
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