We Are Witnesses
Book description
The five diarists in this book did not survive the war. But their words did. Each diary reveals one voice, one teenager coping with the impossible. We see David Rubinowicz struggling against fear and terror. Yitzhak Rudashevski shows us how Jews clung to culture, to learning, and to hope, until…
Why read it?
1 author picked We Are Witnesses as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Yes, it’s heartbreaking to know that these young people died in the Holocaust, but their words live on. The author, who is a Holocaust survivor, does an outstanding job of putting each diarist’s thoughts, dreams, and hopes—and fears—in context with his gifted commentary. Among the excerpted diaries featured in this book is the most famous of them all—Anne Frank’s.
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