The Long Night

By Ernst Israel Bornstein,

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The Night lasted five years and eight days. Before the Night began, Ernst Bornstein was a precocious eighteen-year-oldĀ¬ who had an ordinary family with three siblings, two parents, and a large circle of friends and relatives. But in the autumn of 1939, decades of anti-Semitic propaganda turned into full-fledged violence.ā€¦

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1 author picked The Long Night as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The author, a keen observer of behaviour under appalling conditions, has an astonishingly wise and humane attitude that bears him through both internment and concentration camps. I have a personal interest in this book, and the writer, because I am the speaking partner of his daughter Noemie Lopian, and we talk at synagogues, schools, universities, and public events to ask for kindness, toleration, and understanding.

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